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China, Switzerland to seal free trade deal

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:51:06 -0400

GENEVA - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is in Switzerland to seal a free trade pact with the Alpine nation - the first comprehensive agreement his country has reached with a major western economy.

German opposition party marks bittersweet 150th

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:08:54 -0400

BERLIN - Germany's main opposition party marked a bittersweet 150th birthday on Thursday - trailing badly in polls ahead of September elections and hearing praise for its efforts to reform Europe's biggest economy from French President Francois Hollande, a recent left-wing winner who has lost his luster.

Germans, French eye plan to create jobs for young

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:49:09 -0400

BERLIN - Germany and France are preparing to launch a drive to combat the problem of high European youth unemployment, which officials in Berlin say will center on trying to get business involved and make better use of already-pledged public money.

German FM criticizes remarks by Hungarian PM

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:35:18 -0400

BERLIN - It started out simple enough: German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized constitutional changes that have been made in Hungary. But Hungary's leader not only objected, he also found what he called a veiled reference to Adolf Hitler's occupation of his country in 1944.

Pope leads pep rally at Vatican, meets with Merkel

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:27:07 -0400

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis lamented that investment losses by banks trigger more alarm in the economic crisis than the struggle of people to feed their families, as he led a huge rally Saturday to invigorate the church's moral conscience, hours after he held talks at the Vatican about the economic crisis with Germany's leader.

Merkel, Hollande at odds over Europe's way forward

Thu, 16 May 2013 13:55:52 -0400

BERLIN - Germany and France recognize that their cooperation is key to overcoming Europe's persistent economic crisis, but comments Thursday by the leaders of the continent's No. 1 and 2 economies suggested they still have diverging priorities.

Poll shows favorable views of EU in sharp decline

Mon, 13 May 2013 18:09:51 -0400

BRUSSELS - Positive views of the European Union by its citizens are near all-time lows. And no EU country is plunging faster into the abyss of gloom than France. Germans are broadly perceived as being the most trustworthy Europeans - but also the least compassionate. Britons, often seen as deeply skeptical of the benefits of EU membership, are in fact split right down the middle - 46 percent to 46 percent - over whether to leave the union or stay in it.

Merkel shrugs aside new book on communist-era past

Mon, 13 May 2013 08:52:39 -0400

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel has shrugged aside a new book that suggests she may have been closer to East Germany's communist system than previously thought, saying she's never hidden anything.

Germany says Obama to visit Berlin in June

Fri, 10 May 2013 09:39:31 -0400

BERLIN - President Barack Obama will visit Berlin next month for talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel on his first visit to the German capital since taking office, her spokesman said Friday.

Germany: Chancellor Merkel on visit to Afghanistan

Fri, 10 May 2013 07:11:01 -0400

KABUL, Afghanistan - Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel made a surprise visit Friday to northern Afghanistan to visit her troops less than two weeks after insurgents killed a German special forces soldier and wounded a second, a military spokesman said.

Germany plans tighter control of managers' pay

Wed, 08 May 2013 11:42:17 -0400

BERLIN - The German government plans to give company shareholders a greater say in setting managers' pay - a proposal aimed at curbing perceived corporate excesses along the same lines as a measure approved by voters in neighboring Switzerland earlier this year.

Merkel challenger hits brakes on autobahn limits

Wed, 08 May 2013 08:15:52 -0400

BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's challenger in September's election is trying to avoid a political speed bump.

Editorial: French socialists fall out of love with their...

Mon, 06 May 2013 19:19:19 -0400

An editorial / By Dale McFeatters - French President Francois Hollande, deliriously welcomed into office last May 6 by the Socialists, who had been out of power for nearly 20 years, is setting a postwar record for a plunge in popularity, from 60 percent to 44 percent.

Germany shakes off inferiority complex to Spain

Thu, 02 May 2013 10:48:09 -0400

BERLIN - German efficiency is beating Spanish flair again in football.

New Italian premier urges EU to focus on growth

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:15:35 -0400

BERLIN - Italy's new prime minister called Tuesday for European countries to prioritize economic growth over debt reduction, adding his government believes Europe needs to integrate further to overcome its current crisis.

New Italian gov't confirmed by Senate

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:19:11 -0400

ROME - Italian Premier Enrico Letta's cross-party government won a final vote of confidence vote in Parliament on Tuesday, giving life to a grand coalition that aims to put aside decades of animosity to return the eurozone's third-largest economy to growth.

Lonely year for French president at time of crisis

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 10:11:53 -0400

PARIS - The sounds of raucous protest echo in the Presidential Palace, unemployment is rising to levels not seen in over a decade, and his country's economy has been called a potential time bomb at the heart of Europe.