France's President Emmanuel Macron expressed confidence on Friday that German Chancellor Angela Merkel's potential coalition partners would not oppose his ambitious plans to reform the European Union.
French President Emmanuel Macron on
Tuesday pleaded his case for ambitious European reforms, appealing to German Chancellor Angela Merkel to join forces with him and enter the debate.
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras held "friendly and constructive" debt talks with the leaders of France and Germany Thursday, but gave no sign of a breakthrough ahead of a crucial June deadline.
Update: The German government again played down expectations ahead of a meeting between Chancellor Angela Merkel and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday, saying it would not lead to a quick-fix solution of Greece's problems.
Germany must not ease up or back track on economic reforms, the government's panel of economic advisors said on Wednesday as the European Commission placed the country under scrutiny for its large trade surplus.
Germany is "confident" Portugal will stick to reforms agreed with creditors to unlock bailout funds, a government spokesman said on Wednesday amid fears the Portuguese governing coalition could be close to collapse.
The surprisingly strong economic recovery in Germany has Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) planning small tax reforms worth some €500 million, a media report said on Monday.
The opponents of Bavaria’s strict smoking ban have lost, just like most people whose arguments are based on tradition rather than reason, argues <b>Malte Lehming</b> from <b>Der Tagesspiegel</b>.
The centre-right government’s health reform plan was blasted Wednesday by opposition parties, unions and insurers as a failure to tackle the deep problems with the health system that would burden the poorest.
The state election debacle in North Rhine-Westphalia for the Christian Democrats has finally robbed Chancellor Angela Merkel’s centre-right coalition of its reformist illusions, writes The Local’s <b>Marc Young</b>.
German Health Minister Philipp Rösler plans to tack a monthly per capita premium of €29 on health insurance beginning in 2011 to make up for deficits at statutory insurers, a media report said on Monday.
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s new centre-right coalition of conservative Christian Democrats and pro-business Free Democrats wants to avoid being stigmatised as a callous, neoliberal reform project. But <a href="http://www.zeit.de/index" target="_blank">Zeit Online</a>’s Katharina Schuler argues the government has already set Germany on the path for dramatic change.
Leading members of Germany’s centre-left Social Democrats are demanding the party tack to the left on economic issues in light of the continuing success of the hard-line socialist Left Party.
