...the first day of the CDU party meeting in Stuttgart , Germany on Monday. The message was delivered by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and relayed by Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck when euro zone finance ministers met to discuss proposals that the European...
... Berlin - A proposal by German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party to constitutionally protect the German language triggered controversy and unease in Germany Tuesday. Meeting in Stuttgart, the annual conference of the Christian Democratic...
...of the Chancellor, Angela Merkel's, Christian Democratic Union has voted strongly in favour of the change, despite opposition from the party's leadership. The measure, if passed by the German Parliament, would insert the statement: "The language of the Federal...
...Merkel got the backing of her party over the weekend to delay any tax cuts until after the elections of September 2009, which means that the earliest conceivable time would be January 1, 2010. In the meantime, her government is taking a wait and see attitude...
...the close of the Christian Democratic Union party conference in Stuttgart supporters of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives were still divided on the issue of tax cuts. Merkel, who was re-elected as party head on Monday, has ruled out making any tax...
...Commission, the EU's executive body. On Monday, Germany flatly rejected pressure to do more than it was doing, with Chancellor Angela Merkel vowing not to be lured into a "senseless" public spending contest that could unravel years of work to balance Germany's books. That...
...where he will meet Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker. He then travels to Berlin for an evening discussion with Chancellor Angela Merkel. The series of consultations will continue on Thursday when the Taoiseach will meet with Prime Minister Gordon Brown in...
...financing for the Afghan mission or even explain to the public why Germany has 4,500 soldiers there. Neither Chancellor Angela Merkel nor her conservative defense minister, Franz-Josef Jung, have been willing to debate the issue publicly. Wake up, Europe!...
...pressure to do more in Europe's battle against recession and said it would not to be lured into what Chancellor Angela Merkel called a "senseless" public spending contest. Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck said Germany had already unveiled plans worth 31...
...where he will meet prime minister Jean-Claude Juncker. He will then travel to Berlin for an evening meeting with chancellor Angela Merkel. On Thursday the Taoiseach will meet prime minister Gordon Brown in London and on Friday he will meet French president...