German Chancellor Angela Merkel

Merkel's Party Plunges In Polls After State Elections Flop

AP | Posted 05.23.2012

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BERLIN -- A new poll finds support for Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives has fallen after an embarrassing election defeat in Germany's most pop...

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S&P 500 Continues Fall

Reuters | Posted 05.15.2012

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* Banks, natural resources shares lead declines * JPMorgan shares down, executive departs after huge loss * S&P 500 breaks support at 1,...

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Merkel, Austerity Policies Dealt Blow

Reuters | Posted 05.13.2012

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* Projections show worst post-war result in state for CDU * Result could harden opposition to Berlin's austerity policies ...

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Tymoshenko Must Receive 'Proper Treatment'

AP | DAVID RISING and ANNA MELNICHUK | Posted 05.04.2012

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BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Ukrainian leaders on Thursday to give jailed ex-Premier Yulia Tymoshenko "proper treatment" for h...

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The French Choice

Miles Jaffe | Posted 04.25.2012

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Miles Jaffe

The election of Hollande would lead to a major change in German-French relations. The prospect of German-French discord in Europe offers at minimum good theatre.

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German Leader: 'Greece Now Has A Chance'

Reuters | Posted 05.30.2012

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PRAGUE, March 31 (Reuters) - Greece has gone a long way on the path of reforms and now stands a chance to overcome its debt crisis but still faces m...

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Merkel Apologizes For Neo-Nazi 'Kebab Murders'

AP | GEIR MOULSON | Posted 04.24.2012

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BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel apologized Thursday to the relatives of 10 people, mostly immigrants, believed to have been killed by a neo-N...

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Greek Official: Many In Europe 'Don't Want Us Any More'

AP | GABRIELE STEINHAUSER and ELENA BECATOROS | Posted 04.16.2012

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BRUSSELS — European finance ministers insisted Wednesday on much tighter oversight of Greece's spending and austerity efforts, despite politicia...

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Greece Faces 'Crucial Decisions' Between More Austerity Or Default

AP | DEREK GATOPOULOS and DEMETRIS NELLAS | Posted 04.09.2012

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ATHENS, Greece — A crucial meeting between Greece's Prime Minister and debt inspectors on averting default and a possible exit from the euro end...

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Merkel's Chilling Vision of a Post-democratic Europe

Rory Fitzgerald | Posted 03.28.2012

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Rory Fitzgerald

The light of democracy is being extinguished across the continent in which it was born. An unaccountable European elite is ignoring the basic principles of democracy and betraying the founding vision of the EU.

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Angela Merkel Kicks Off Davos, Twitter Reacts

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 01.25.2012

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel kicked off the World Economic Forum in the Swiss resort town of Davos Wednesday with a keynote address that aimed to r...

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Let Them Eat Austerity: At Davos, Merkel Dismisses Euro Crisis

Peter S. Goodman | Posted 03.26.2012

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DAVOS, Switzerland -- Do they hand out Nobel prizes for advances in delusional thinking? If so, I hereby nominate Germany's chancellor, Angela Merkel,...

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At Davos, CEOs Question The Future Of Capitalism

AP | NIKO PRICE and JOHN DANISZEWSKI | Posted 03.26.2012

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DAVOS, Switzerland — German Chancellor Angela Merkel insisted Wednesday that Europe will remain an economic power only if it deepens the integra...

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IMF Predicts European Recession, Slow U.S. Growth

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 03.25.2012

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WASHINGTON — Global leaders are sharply at odds over how to rescue Europe from its escalating debt crisis: Should they focus more urgently on ec...

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In Davos, Protestors Build Igloos Amid Talks Of Fragile Economy

AP | By ANGELA CHARLTON and MASHA MACPHERSON | Posted 01.23.2012

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DAVOS, Switzerland -- An igloo protest camp sprouting up amid $500-a-night hotels and security cordons at the Swiss resort of Davos seems to serve a w...

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Vaclav Havel's Death Mourned

AP | KAREL JANICEK | Posted 02.17.2012

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PRAGUE — Thousands of Czechs paid tribute to Vaclav Havel on Sunday, braving cold and snow at the spot where the leader of the peaceful anti-com...

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U.S. Stocks Slide After Big European Announcement

AP | MATT CRAFT | Posted 02.07.2012

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NEW YORK — Financial markets slumped Thursday after the head of Europe's central bank dashed hopes that the bank was preparing to help extinguis...

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France, Germany Call For Automatic Punishments For Eurozone Countries That Overspend

AP | GREG KELLER and GABRIELE STEINHAUSER | Posted 02.04.2012

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PARIS — Seeking to restore confidence in the euro, the leaders of France and Germany jointly have called for changes to the European Union treat...

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German Chancellor: Solving Euro Crisis Will 'Take Years'

AP | MELISSA EDDY and DAVID McHUGH | Posted 02.01.2012

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BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel pushed forward Friday with what markets see as an emerging plan for more effective action to contain th...

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German Chancellor Rejects EU Eurobond Proposal

AP | GEIR MOULSON | Posted 01.22.2012

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BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel rejected a new push by the European Commission for bonds issued jointly by the 17 euro nations, saying ...

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Astonished by German Astonishment Over Nazi Attacks

Lia Petridis Maiello | Posted 01.22.2012

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Lia Petridis Maiello

I am not for the first time writing on behalf of the immigrant community to Germany, as the daughter of a Greek immigrant in Germany. On October 21st ...

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Germany's Leader Looking To Speed Up EU Charter Reform

Posted 11.13.2011

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BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel is seeking to speed up reform of the European Union treaty and wants all 27 EU member states to...

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Sarkozy To British PM: 'Shut Up'

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 12.24.2011

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Feeling the pressure to act decisively in order to avert regional disaster, European leaders are becoming increasingly testy. French President Nico...

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Global Stocks Jump On New Debt Crisis Pledge

Posted 12.10.2011

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(Natsuko Waki) - World stocks and the euro rose on Monday while top-rated government bonds and the dollar fell after German and French leaders pro...

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German Parliament Passes Expanded Euro Fund

AP | MELISSA EDDY | Posted 11.29.2011

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BERLIN — Germany kept alive hopes that the 17-nation euro currency can survive the sprawling debt crisis when lawmakers in Europe's largest econ...

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