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Values Slide From Top of Merkel's List

Source: The New York Times, Nov 26 2012, 4:58am CST

BERLIN — When Angela Merkel became chancellor in November 2005, she decided to focus on foreign policy. That was unusual. Most German leaders tend to concentrate on domestic issues during their first term in office. Ms. Me ...

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5 hours ago

France & Germany Drift Apart

Source: Real Clear World  |   May 25 2013, 7:58am CDT

At the conclusion of his first year in office, French President Francois Hollande is facing criticism from all sides. Hollande was elected as an almost accidental president in May 2012 in the post-crisis wave of government changes across Europe. ...

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14 hours ago

German confidence rebounds in May

Source: Irish Independent  |   May 24 2013, 11:07pm CDT

German business morale improved far more than expected in May, rebounding after two months of falls and suggesting Europe's largest economy is slowly picking up speed after a sluggish first quarter. The Munich-based Ifo thin ...

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25 weeks ago


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"It matters for Germany’s reputation, especially given its global economic presence."


Source: The New York Times

 
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16 hours ago

News Analysis: Chinese premier's Germany tour to enhance bilateral partnership, China-EU ties

Source: SINA English  |   May 24 2013, 9:40pm CDT

BERLIN, May 25 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is slated to start an official visit to Germany late Saturday, the last leg of his first overseas trip since taking office in March. Li will meet with German P ...

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21 hours ago

Germans won’t race to lower autobahn speeds

Source: The Seattle Times  |   May 24 2013, 4:35pm CDT

BERLIN — For many in this car-crazy nation, the freedom to hurtle down the famed autobahn at 120 mph or more is an inalienable right. Germany, one of the world’s top car producers, is alone among industrial countries in allowing drivers to ...

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1 day ago

Leading German politician calls transaction tax plans 'rubbish'

Source: Reuters  |   May 24 2013, 12:56pm CDT

BERLIN May 24 (Reuters) - A leading German politician criticised EU draft plans for a financial transaction tax as "rubbish" on Friday, in a sign of growing concern that the tax could do more economic harm than good. German Social Democrat Nils Schm ...

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1 day ago

Germany Must Spread Energy Costs More Fairly

Source: Wall Street Journal  |   May 24 2013, 11:28am CDT

By Harriet Torry BERLIN—Resentment at rising energy costs resulting from Germany's drive into renewables has already become an issue in the run-up to federal elections. But now Chancellor Angela Merkel is also fielding international criticism ...

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1 day ago

German Beer Industry ‘Threatened by Fracking’

Source: Environmental Leader  |   May 24 2013, 9:37am CDT

Anheuser-Busch InBev and other German brewers want Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government to block any laws that would allow hydraulic fracturing, which, they say could contaminate water used to make beer and hurt the country’s bre ...

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1 day ago

'New Deal' to tackle Europe's mass youth unemployment

Source: The Telegraph  |   May 24 2013, 9:01am CDT

The "New Deal for Europe" will free up EU resources to pay for language courses and fund jobseekers' flights around the continent in search of work. Germany is increasingly concerned about the need to rescue the count ...

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1 day ago

IEA: protect consumers from energy price hikes

Source: The Local  |   May 24 2013, 8:36am CDT

The IEA also said Europe's biggest economy should make greater use of natural gas to smoothe the transition and reduce the use of coal to meet its carbon reduction targets to combat climate change. Given the scale of the Energiewende or energ ...

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