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Volatile conditions in Spain and Greece have shaken European markets. Picture: AP
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Merkel: Election loss won't alter Europe policy
-- Chancellor Angela Merkel is insisting that a heavy state election defeat for her party in Germany's most populous region won't weaken her as she grapples with a deepening European debt crisis.Merkel also said Monday that she is "very relaxed" about national Read more »
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Merkel risks setback in German state vote
holds an election Sunday, with polls showing good chances of victory for a center-left regional government that Chancellor Angela Merkel has sought to label as irresponsibly spendthrift.About 13.2 million people are eligible to vote for the state legislature Read more »
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Presidential rivals fight over France's economy
response to its financial problems and was built on the personal relationship between Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel .There are concerns that if investors are worried the fragile eurozone solution might unravel, they could back away from Europe, Read more »
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Germany's Merkel defends budget discipline drive
-- Germany defended its pro-austerity stance on Tuesday, with Chancellor Angela Merkel and her foreign and finance ministers calling for Europe to stick with a policy of fiscal discipline in spite of the latest bout of political uncertainty.Financial markets Read more »
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German think tank says it's forced out of UAE
-- A pro-democracy think tank with links to German Chancellor Angela Merkel 's party said Thursday it is closing its office in Abu Dhabi after officials there ordered that it end its activities in the United Arab Emirates .The Konrad Adenauer Foundation's Read more »
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Merkel most popular politician in Germany: Poll
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, under fire at home and abroad over the eurozone debt crisis, remains the country’s most popular politician, according to a new poll released on Wednesday. Merkel scored an average of 64 points in a survey for Stern magazine, 5:05 PM from GulfToday.ae Read more »
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Frank Deford: Protesters will target the plethora of sporting events in Europe this summer
summer awash in a veritable plethora of joyous sporting events -- a rolling athletic circus to divert Europeans from Angela Merkel telling them to get serious and tighten their belts. Now, as is the case every summer, there's two Grand Slam tennis championships 12:22 PM from Sports Illustrated Read more »
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Key Irish euro referendum pits fear against anger
Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Enda Kenny (L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R). The latest polls indicate that the Irish will approve the austerity plan, bucking the recent voting trend in Greece, France and even Germany. But that doesn’t mean that the 6:12 AM from Global Post Read more »
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Syria massacre pushes Moscow toward decision point
Paris this week for talks he had hoped would be led by economic projects to modernise Russian industry. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande may have other ideas."He did not want to talk about Syria, where Russian influence 3:46 AM from Firstpost Read more »
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Schulz pleads for 'restarting' European democracy (News)
the election of François Hollande, the new socialist French president, Angela Merkel has come under pressure to relax the austerity measures which she has described as the remedy for the eurozone crisis. For his part, Hollande took a different view, saying 1:18 AM from EurActive.com Read more »
