Topic: Angela Merkel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday her planned austerity measures would not harm growth, after US President Barack Obama warned scaling back spending too fast could harm the global economy. "It is not about a radical savings programme," she said, referring to ...
New British leader David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel sought to play down sharp differences on how to shore up European financial stability Friday, in their first official talks. The Conservative premier said he backed a "strong and stable" eurozone, although ...
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The euro hit a four-year low on Monday on fears that austerity measures would stifle recovery, as European finance ministers prepared to discuss tighter regulation a week after launching a $1 trillion rescue plan. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said ...
Europe turned its sights on Tuesday on the controversial trade in insurance against sovereign loan defaults, the latest consequence to arise from market panic over spiralling Greek debts. European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso told the EU parliament in Strasbourg that commission ...
Chancellor Angela Merkel Sunday dismissed talk of a German rescue plan for Greece's ailing economy, as Athens braced for an EU audit that could usher in new austerity cuts to tackle its massive debt crisis. Greek bond prices rallied this week on ...
Obama, Brown and Merkel review debt crisis in Greece as part of broader call on world eventsThe White House says President Barack Obama has spoken with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and German Chancellor Angela Merkel about the debt crisis in Greece. ...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned that the country's worst post-war recession would drag into 2010, in a New Year's television address to be broadcast Thursday. "I tell you very openly: We cannot expect the economic downturn to be over quickly," she said ...
Fresh from the euphoria of celebrations for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Chancellor Angela Merkel pulled no punches Tuesday as she outlined the hefty challenges facing Germany. In her first major policy speech since being sworn in ...
Germany's newly elected coalition got set for government on Saturday after three weeks of tough negotiations on a programme to guide the country out of its worst recession since World War II. Chancellor Angela Merkel won a second term in elections on ...
Some rich Germans have launched a petition to call for the resumption of a wealth tax to help the country bounce back from an economic crisis, because, as one said, he had "a lot of money I do not need." The text, ...