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Franco-German motor sputters in crucial euro year
BERLIN/PARIS (Reuters) - Germany and France will put on a show of total unity this week to mark the 50th anniversary of the Elysee Treaty that cemented their post-war reconciliation....

German left hopes to slow Merkel’s momentum in key state vote
BRAUNSCHWEIG, Germany (Reuters) - A decade and a half ago, Gerhard Schroeder's resounding victory in a state vote in Lower Saxony gave his Social Democrats (SPD) the momentum they needed...

German left hopes to slow Merkel’s momentum in key state vote
BRAUNSCHWEIG, Germany (Reuters) - A decade and a half ago, Gerhard Schroeder's resounding victory in a state vote in Lower Saxony gave his Social Democrats (SPD) the momentum they needed...

Euro doomsayers adjust predictions after 2012 apocalypse averted
BERLIN (Reuters) - Back in May, as the euro zone veered deeper into crisis, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman penned one of his gloomiest columns about the single currency, a...

Euro doomsayers adjust predictions after 2012 apocalypse averted
BERLIN (Reuters) - Back in May, as the euro zone veered deeper into crisis, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman penned one of his gloomiest columns about the single currency, a...

Merkel’s conservatives show total unity before 2013 election
HANOVER, Germany (Reuters) - Germany's conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) put on a show of total unity at a congress on Tuesday, re-electing Angela Merkel as party leader by a record...

Special Report: After merger collapse, fractured Europe faces new battle over Airbus
BERLIN/TOULOUSE (Reuters) - On a cloudy day in southwest France last month a frail 91-year-old Frenchman in a white shirt and white tie took the stage in front of 1,000...

Special Report: After merger collapse, fractured Europe faces new battle over Airbus
BERLIN/TOULOUSE (Reuters) - On a cloudy day in southwest France last month a frail 91-year-old Frenchman in a white shirt and white tie took the stage in front of 1,000...

Draghi enters lion’s den to sell bond-buying plan
BERLIN (Reuters) - European Central Bank President Mario Draghi faces a two-hour grilling on Wednesday from German lawmakers who fear his bond-buying plan to ease the region's debt crisis could...

Draghi enters lion’s den to sell bond-buying plan
BERLIN (Reuters) - European Central Bank President Mario Draghi faces a two-hour grilling on Wednesday from German lawmakers who fear his bond-buying plan to ease the region's debt crisis could...
