European Council Divided on Treaty Reform
European leaders discuss new measures to ensuring fiscal prudence.
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France, Germany Discuss Russia Partnership
The leaders of France, Germany and Russia meet to discuss security cooperation.
Unions March Against Austerity in Europe
With conservatives in power in most of Europe, the left is rallying to protest spending cuts and pension reform.
Geithner Urges Europe Not to Cut
While America remains mired in recession, Treasury Secretary Geithner has some advice for Europe: don’t rein in spending now!
European Terror Plot Thwarted
Intelligence services intercept a terrorist plot to strike England, France and Germany.
Germany is Booming But What of Europe?
With Germany leading much of Northern Europe out of recession, the recovery gap with the south is gradually widening.
NATO Allies Weary About Future Afghan Mission
Skepticism about the war effort in Afghanistan is mounting.
Obama Urges Europe to Spend More
The American president calls for more deficit spending. European countries are skeptical.
Merkel Government Threatened with Collapse
German media are urging Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ruling coalition to give up.
Europe Ponders Tougher Budget Rules
Europe’s finance ministers agreed last week to review each other’s national budgets in the future to prevent one or several member states from imperiling the stability of the common currency as happened in Greece this April. The move may end being a step in the right direction but little more than that. The finance chiefs […]
Europe Braces for Spending Cuts
While the Greek debt crisis and subsequent decline of the euro continue to worry investors around the world, the people of Europe are preparing for severe austerity measures, and not just in the troubled south. With hundreds of billions of euros pledged to stabilize the common currency, European leaders are forced to make major cutbacks […]
Saving the Euro
Bending the rules of euro management, European leaders and finance ministers agreed to an unprecedented effort to guarantee the stability of the eurozone with loans adding up to nearly $1 trillion (or €750 billion) this weekend. In spite of the multibillion euro rescue package previously pledged to Greece, investors continued to worry about the unsound […]
Merkel Loses Upper House Majority
Right-wing voters vent their anger at the chancellor’s support for a Greek bailout.
German Soldiers in Afghanistan Protest
Defense Tech reports that German soldiers in Afghanistan are silently protesting against the perceived ambiguity of their mission’s purpose by snapping up patches that read “I fight for Merkel.” The patches, technically illegal, are a big seller among German soldiers at Mazār-e Sharīf. The country’s ISAF forces have been hit hard in recent weeks, losing […]
Greece Continues to Divide Europe
Germany is critical of a European Commission proposal to bail out Greece.