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France's Hollande Navigates Middle Economic Road
... For some, the chafing at Hollande's policies has taken the form of Germany-bashing, because Chancellor Angela Merkel champions the European Union's budget-balancing treaty. Claude Bartolone, president of the National Assembly and a preeminent ... Comment?
Berlin, Paris not 'bosom' buddies but get on fine, Merkel says
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel may not have a "bosom friendship" with her French counterpart, she said on Thursday, but her working relationship with Francois Hollande was strong and crucial for Europe. Comment?
Merkel: Europe must agree how to achieve growth
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said European countries must agree on how to generate sorely needed economic growth, and stressed it was important that France pursue reforms to become more competitive. Comment?
Germany tells France and Italy to 'just work harder' to solve their economic woes
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Germany tells France and Italy to 'just work harder' to solve economic woes as Hollande warns austerity could tear Europe apart Italy and France need to work 'harder and faster' to resolve their structural problems, a senior ally of German chancellor Angela Merkel said today. Comment?
An unhappy first anniversary for Francois Hollande as France hits the triple-dip
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... He was elected a year ago on a similar pledge but has since largely failed to persuade the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, to focus on growth or to reduce the austerity efforts demanded of endebted Eurozone nations. President Hollande, whose ... Comment?
The French loss of faith in EU is ominous
... President Nicolas Sarkozy diminished as the derisive "Merkozy" described his subservience to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has come to dominate EU policy making. And now a new president from the opposite political camp, FranA ois Hollande, ... Comment?
As Europe struggles, the Franco-German alliance turns testy
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Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel chats with France's President Francois Hollande at the European Union leaders' March summit in Brussels. Comment?
Germany's love of life in the fast lane
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When German politician Sigmar Gabriel suggested a speed limit on all stretches of the autobahn, there was a collective drawing-in of breath and raising of eyebrows. Comment?
Germans told to face hard truths
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... with her two children, is trying to get to Germany where her husband lives. Photo: Kostas Tsironis Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on Germans to sweep away decades of reticence and face up to "some hard truths" in accepting policy changes ... Comment?
Sir Mervyn King condemns European Commission's plan for financial deals tax
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Sir Mervyn King has launched a scathing attack on the European Commission's proposal to impose a tax on financial transactions. Comment?
Bundestag to decide on Serbia's EU talks date on June 27
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... Brussels on May 21. Andreas Schockenhoff, high representative of the ruling German party headed by Chancellor Angela Merkel, presented last September seven demands on which, as he put it, Berlin's decision will depend. "Legally binding normalization ... Comment?
New law will allow Government to shut down phone networks
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... homeland in Moneygall, Co Offaly. Other politicians to attend the G8 conference will include German chancellor Angela Merkel and UK Prime Minister David Cameron. It is believed the meeting on June 17 and 18 will generate up to A 40m (a 47m) for the ... Comment?
UPDATE 2-S&P says Cypriot deposit grab may set euro zone precedent
... as another Deauville," Orphanides said, referring to the groundbreaking agreement between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and then French President Nicolas Sarkozy to impose losses on Greek bondholders. "It is not yet clear what has been done to the ... Comment?
Snail speed: France's economy slips into recession
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Just a week after France announced an 'end to austerity', it has fallen into recession for the first time in four years as spending and exports contract. Comment?
UPDATE 1-German minister sees investment boost coming very soon
Investment will return soon to breathe new life into Germany's economy, a top cabinet minister and ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel told Reuters on Wednesday after data showed Europe's largest economy crept back into meager first-quarter growth. Comment?
Francois Hollande's tough first year
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... rain and emerged bedraggled. Before the day was out his plane had been hit by lightning while en route to see Angela Merkel. For some it was an inauspicious start. Mr Hollande had won the presidency because he was not Nicholas Sarkozy, who the ... Comment?
Darrell Delamaide's Political Capital: The French loss of faith in EU is an ominous sign
... President Nicolas Sarkozy diminished as the derisive "Merkozy" described his subservience to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has come to dominate EU policy making. And now a new president from the opposite political camp, FranA ois Hollande, ... Comment?
Truce! Britain and France finally agree on one thing - that the...
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... among the British public. But he can take some comfort from the fact that he was second only to Germany's Angela Merkel in the chart showing how European nations rated their own leaders. As well as a 64 per cent positive rating in her own country, ... Comment?
'Monsieur weak' and 'Madame strong'
... of Hollande and Merkel. hen the French President refers to his relationship with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel these days, he tends to refer to "friendly tension." That's another way of saying German-French relations aren't at their best. ... Comment?
COLUMN - Scrambling for the immigrant elite
... bleak picture of an unassimilated Turkish population, until part of his argument was accepted by Chancellor Angela Merkel. As the head of the Demos think tank, David Goodhart, stresses in his recent book, The British Dream, over the past decade and ... Comment?