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Merkel challenger calls for new Marshall Plan
The man who is challenging Angela Merkel to become chancellor of Germany has called for a new Marshall Plan to revive Europe's ailing economies.
Situation in flood-hit German city 'dramatic'
Swollen rivers gushed into the old section of Passau in southeast Germany on Monday, as water rose in the city to levels not seen in more than five ...
Central Europe hit by floods after days of rain
Authorities in parts of central Europe issued disaster warnings and scrambled to reinforce flood defenses Sunday as rivers swelled by days of heavy ...
Britain warns against planned EU transaction tax
Britain's foreign minister has urged Chancellor Angela Merkel's government during a trip to Germany to abandon its support for a European tax on ...
Merkel faces attacks over cost of election pledges
German Chancellor Angela Merkel faced sharp attacks Friday over proposals that would increase government spending — pledges critics dismissed as ...
Hollande, Merkel call for full-time eurozone boss
France and Germany are pushing to have a full-time official lead the economic and financial policies of the 17-country euro currency bloc.
Chinese premier promises reforms
New Chinese Premier Li Keqiang says his government wants to attract foreign companies and is willing to undertake reforms to promote investment.
Germany: Merkel vows to avoid trade war with China
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday she would use her country's economic clout to prevent the European Union from imposing punitive tariffs ...
China, Switzerland to seal free trade deal
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is in Switzerland to seal a free trade pact with the Alpine nation — the first comprehensive agreement his country has ...
German opposition party marks bittersweet 150th
Germany's main opposition party marked a bittersweet 150th birthday on Thursday — trailing badly in polls ahead of September elections and hearing ...
EU steps up fight against tax evasion by end 2013
The European Union's leaders took a major step in tackling tax-dodgers Wednesday by pushing to end bank secrecy across the bloc's 27 members by the ...
Germans, French eye plan to create jobs for young
Germany and France are preparing to launch a drive to combat the problem of high European youth unemployment, which officials in Berlin say will ...
German central bank: Economy to improve 'markedly'
Germany's central bank expects the country's economy to improve "markedly" in the second quarter — a development that could boost the wider eurozone ...
German FM criticizes remarks by Hungarian PM
It started out simple enough: German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized constitutional changes that have been made in Hungary. But Hungary's leader ...
Pope leads pep rally at Vatican, meets with Merkel
Pope Francis lamented that investment losses by banks trigger more alarm in the economic crisis than the struggle of people to feed their families, ...
Merkel, Hollande at odds over Europe's way forward
Germany and France recognize that their cooperation is key to overcoming Europe's persistent economic crisis, but comments Thursday by the leaders of ...
Poll shows favorable views of EU in sharp decline
Positive views of the European Union by its citizens are near all-time lows. And no EU country is plunging faster into the abyss of gloom than France.
Merkel shrugs aside new book on communist-era past
Chancellor Angela Merkel has shrugged aside a new book that suggests she may have been closer to East Germany's communist system than previously ...
Germany says Obama to visit Berlin in June
President Barack Obama will visit Berlin next month for talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel on his first visit to the German capital since taking ...
Germany: Chancellor Merkel on visit to Afghanistan
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel made a surprise visit Friday to northern Afghanistan to visit her troops less than two weeks after insurgents ...
Germany plans tighter control of managers' pay
The German government plans to give company shareholders a greater say in setting managers' pay — a proposal aimed at curbing perceived corporate ...
Merkel challenger hits brakes on autobahn limits
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's challenger in September's election is trying to avoid a political speed bump. Peer Steinbrueck is trying to halt a ...
French finance chief hails easing off austerity
French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici on Tuesday hailed the European Union's decision to grant his country more time to tackle its deficit as a ...
German neo-Nazi trial sparks fear of hidden racism
Most of the victims were immigrants and their deaths at first failed to make headlines. Police were quick to blame the slayings on foreign gangs with ...