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Spain calls for help to lower borrowing rates
Worries about Greece's electoral turmoil and Spain's spiraling borrowing costs are piling the pressure on European Union leaders meeting in Brussels ...
Greek party leader warns austerity threatens euro
The leader of a radical left Greek coalition some see as the front-runner in fresh elections due next month warned the EU Tuesday that austerity ...
France's Hollande sticking to early Afghan pullout
In his first visit to the Oval Office, French President Francois Hollande declared he will withdraw all French combat troops from Afghanistan by ...
Greek party most extreme of Europe's far right
Twenty-one members of Golden Dawn were sworn into Greece's Parliament on Thursday, making it arguably the most far-right party to enter a European ...
Obama's home-turf summits will test his leverage
President Barack Obama will find his diplomatic clout tested at twin summits on his own turf beginning Friday. The big global problems are the ...
France's new Socialist govt gets down to work
Members of France's new Socialist-led government are taking office and preparing for their first Cabinet meeting with President Francois Hollande.
Lightning sparks Hollande's French presidency
Socialist Francois Hollande assumed France's presidency Tuesday, inheriting a country fearful for its financial future and jetting off immediately to ...
France's new leader Hollande has tough to-do list
Francois Hollande campaigned for the French presidency with some pretty radical promises. But his carefully worded agenda and his political record ...
Strauss-Kahn countersues NYC hotel maid for $1M
Dominique Strauss-Kahn is suing the hotel housekeeper who accused him of sexually assaulting her, saying she seriously damaged his reputation with ...
Francois Hollande takes the helm in France
Francois Hollande walked up the steps of the Elysee Palace in Paris and walked out Tuesday as France's first Socialist president since 1995, taking ...
Merkel: election defeat not a problem in Europe
German Chancellor Angela Merkel insisted Monday that a heavy state election defeat for her party won't weaken her as she grapples with Europe's ...
Irish pose next democratic test for EU austerity
When voters in Greece and France got the chance, they dealt a resounding "No!" to parties backing austerity measures. The Irish could be next to give ...
France's Hollande: Sarkozy underplayed budget woes
French President-elect Francois Hollande suggested Friday that the government of outgoing leader Nicolas Sarkozy underestimated the country's budget ...
EU sees hope of recovery from recession this year
The European Union says that a recession brought on by a crippling debt crisis could give way to a modest recovery later this year — provided ...
Merkel faces more ballot woe in German state vote
A bad European week for Chancellor Angela Merkel looks likely to end with more electoral woes — this time, the likely re-election of a center-left ...
French leader plans Berlin trip after inauguration
The office of French President-elect Francois Hollande says he plans to travel to Berlin within hours of his inauguration next week to meet with ...
Gay marriage a distant dream around the world
China's government considered homosexuality a mental disorder until 2001. Mobs in Senegal have disinterred bodies of men they believe were gays and ...
French first ladies: Bye Carla, bonjour Valerie
Only in France. Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, the superstar model-turned-songstress with a freewheeling lifestyle, now hands the job of first lady to a ...
Europe at the crossroads: splinter or unite
The European Union, a hope for peace that rose from the fires of World War II, paused Wednesday to honor its past and ponder its future — and how it ...
France's Hollande focuses on euro crisis
French President-elect Francois Hollande didn't wait to take office to press his agenda for digging Europe out of economic crisis: He met Wednesday ...
Europe's bad mood: Does Obama need to worry?
The elections that drove Nicolas Sarkozy out of power in France and left Greece scrambling to build a coalition government pose a financial threat to ...
Hollande, Sarkozy lead V-E Day ceremonies in Paris
In his last state ceremony as France's president, Nicolas Sarkozy led commemorations Tuesday in Paris marking the end of World War II in Europe, ...
European stocks down on Greek political turmoil
European and U.S. markets sank Tuesday as investors worried whether Greece, after an inconclusive election, would be able to form a new government to ...
Brussels, Berlin tell Europe to stick to austerity
Germany and the European Commission on Tuesday called on EU nations to stick to their agreed budget cuts despite mounting voter discontent, but ...
Austerity now dirty word in Europe, but what next?
The day after Francois Hollande rode to power in France on a slogan of "change now," the conversation in Europe was already different Monday: ...