Germany said European banking union will require changes to EU law, in a call that could slow completion of the plan designed to underpin the euro currency.
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Chancellor Angela Merkel's Cabinet decided Wednesday not to attempt a ban of the country's biggest far-right party but said it would support a bid brought by the country's states a resolution slammed
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Germany's parliament approved a new election law on Thursday that will help smaller political parties in September's federal poll, when Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right Christian Democrats (CDU) are tipped to
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It is unclear whether 76-year-old Berlusconi, a scandal-ridden media tycoon and four times prime minister, will win enough support to wield influence, but even the possibility of a comeback is a nightmare for German Chancellor
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Angela Merkel's main challenger in this year's German election attacked her record in a combative speech on Ash Wednesday, accusing the chancellor of stealing policy ideas and cynically profiting from reforms introduced by his
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel was left licking her wounds after her education minister quit amid a plagiarism scandal, depriving her of a key ally as she gears up for September elections.Angela Merkel found it hard to accept the
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European Union leaders agreed to a significantly reduced 7-year budget worth €960 billion the first cut in spending in the 27-country group's history.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, flying high in polls, pulled further ahead of her embattled main rival Friday as he saw his popularity crumble eight months before general elections.Peer Steinbrueck, who heads the opposition
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German opposition leader Peer Steinbrück has come under fire recently, raising questions over his party's election chances. New poll numbers show the former finance minister has seen a rapid decline in his popularity.
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In recent days British business figures, European leaders and, most contentiously, a senior American official, have stepped forward to warn Mr Cameron against trying to loosen Britain's ties with the European Union.
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Germany's junior governing pro-market Free Democrats and their embattled chief Philipp Rösler swore off predictions of electoral demise at a make-or-break rally on Sunday, two weeks ahead of a key regional election.
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The German chancellor has said the country is to dispose of its nuclear waste within its own borders. The announcement came after her environment minister denied a report that the government planned to export
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Germany's Free Democrats have spent more time in government than any other party since World War Two. Now, Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition partners are struggling to avoid dropping out of parliament altogether.
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In the customary New Year's address to the nation, Chancellor Angela Merkel called for courage and togetherness in the year ahead.Merkel told Germany that she will repress Europe's biggest financial markets and fight to strengthen the
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives have climbed to their highest opinion poll level in nearly seven years but will not be able to continue their center-right coalition with the slumping Free Democrats (FDP), a survey said on
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Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-left challenger Peer Steinbrueck accused the German leader of isolating the country in Europe.
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Peer Steinbrueck, set to challenge Angela Merkel as German leader next year, criticized her centre-right government on Saturday for letting arms
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Greece's biggest National Bank said it had posted a nine-month loss of 2.45 billion euros.German Chancellor Angela Merkel has reportedly admitted to feeling an “inner involvement” for Greece
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government has come under renewed attack for its record on fighting poverty, which a new study says is increasing
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European leaders agreed on Friday to press on with further steps to tackle their debt crisis but German Chancellor Angela Merkel threw out a proposal to boost risk-sharing with a fund to help euro zone states in trouble.
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While the ECB are busy talking u the economy, Germany is slipping into recession and Greece is trying to put a positive spin on a new series of defaults. German Chancellor Angela Merkel recently warned against complacency in the euro
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who aims to win a third term in 2013, said on Sunday she would talk to the opposition Greens and Social Democrats (SPD) on forming a coalition if she cannot rule with her present partners
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Germany’s opposition Social Democrats will on Sunday launch their campaign to unseat Chancellor Angela Merkel next year, throwing their backing behind her former finance minister to challenge her
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel called upon ally Israel to work for a two-state solution with the Palestinians and avoid one-sided actions that endanger prospects for peace. Germany has traditionally been one of Israel's strongest
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For three years German chancellor Angela Merkel has rallied her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) behind often unpopular euro zone crisis. Chancellor Angela Merkel launched her bid for re-election Tuesday
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Germany no longer rules out the possibility of forgiving Greece some of its debt once the country's finances are in order, Chancellor Angela Merkel said, signalling a softening of her government's tough stance on Greece.Greece is trapped
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Chancellor Angela Merkel said she understands the frustration felt by many Germans over the repeated bailout programs for debt-ridden Greece, but insisted they are in her country's self-interest because they help stabilize
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German-Russian relations do not qualify as a strategic or modernization partnership. The relations have turned from closeness and cordiality to disillusionment and disappointment. We saw ample evidence of this last week at the 12th annual round of the German-Russian civil society forum, or the Petersburg Dialogue, and the 14th round of inter-governmental consultations held simultaneously in Moscow.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel which had also been pushing for budget restraint but less than Britain, had already predicted a new round of talks
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel held a tense meeting in the Kremlin Friday, as both clearly struggled to reconcile the rising political acrimony between their countries with their long-standing and
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