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France, Spain: Bank rescue needs to come fast
France and Spain called Wednesday for swift implementation of the rescue plan for Spanish banks to ease concern that the country may need a full-blown ...
Germany: Confident in Spain's economic recovery
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble says he doesn't fear Spain's path will follow that of Greece following an agreement to provide Madrid with ...
Eurozone crisis saves Germany tens of billions
Germany has emerged as one of the biggest beneficiaries of the European financial crisis. While other countries in 17-country group that use the euro ...
Italy's Monti: No new budget measures necessary
Italy does not need any new budget measures to confront the sovereign debt crisis, Premier Mario Monti said Friday even as he acknowledged his ...
German Parliament approves Spanish bank rescue
Germany's Parliament has approved a rescue package worth up to €100 billion ($122 billion) for Spain's struggling banks, which the finance minister ...
Greeks promised no more austerity in 2012
Greeks will be spared new austerity measures this year, parties backing the coalition government promised on Wednesday, though they refused to rule ...
Germany: Spain doesn't need sovereign bailout
Germany's finance minister dismissed concerns Wednesday that Spain's government may itself need a bailout on top of an international rescue for its ...
Merkel holds off calling for quick bailout ruling
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has refrained from pressing the country's top court to rule swiftly on Europe's bailout pact. Finance Minister ...
German court hears arguments against euro pacts
Germany's finance minister urged the country's highest court Tuesday not to delay Europe's new permanent bailout fund and budget discipline pact, ...
A weaker German economy could further slow Europe
For Germany, the crisis gripping Europe can feel like someone else's problem. Its economy is growing. Unemployment is low. And its government can ...
European plan tries to convince Germany to do more
Top European officials have called on countries that use the euro to surrender more control over their national budgets, a move apparently aimed at ...
Germany rebuffs Obama's advice on euro crisis
Germany's finance minister is rejecting U.S. President Barack Obama's calls on Europe to move faster in fighting its debt crisis, telling him to get ...
Greek PM cannot attend EU summit due to surgery
Greece's new prime minister will not be well enough to travel to a critical EU summit in Brussels after undergoing an eye operation, the government ...
EU countries divided on financial transaction tax
A plan for European Union countries to tax financial transactions and use the proceeds to fund future bank bailouts ran aground on Friday, with just ...
Greek conservatives win, head into coalition talks
Fears of an imminent Greek exit from Europe's joint currency receded after the conservative New Democracy party came first in a critical election and ...
Germany welcomes Greek conservatives' win
Germany welcomed the conservative New Democracy party's win in Greek elections Sunday, which the finance minister described as a decision to "forge ...
EU Commission: Bloc needs long-term plan now
The head of the European Union's executive body urged the region's leaders on Wednesday to show the world that they were ready to move closer together ...