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23/05/2012 - European Union

MEPs vote for Robin Hood tax ahead of eurozone summit

The European parliament has voted overwhelmingly for a financial transactions tax as eurozone leaders gather for a summit and dinner in Brussels to discuss the region’s financial crisis.

The 20 May Sound Kitchen quiz
20/05/2012 - The Sound Kitchen

The 20 May Sound Kitchen quiz

Put on your thinking caps … it’s time for the quiz. You’ll hear great music and listener’s letters, too … don’t miss it!

16/05/2012 - Germany - Eurozone

Austerity advocate Merkel gets 750-euro pay rise

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Europe’s chief advocate of austerity, is soon to pocket an extra 930 euros a month, bringing her salary to 17,016 euros a month.

16/05/2012 - France's new president

Hollande, Merkel fail to stop market slide as Greece faces new election

European stock markets were down Wednesday and the euro fell to its lowest level for four months, despite new French President François Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ...

14/05/2012 - Germany

Blow to Merkel after Christian Democratic Union party loses key German state

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union party, CDU, suffered a severe defeat on Sunday in the key German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Benoît Hamon in 2009
13/05/2012 - France

Socialist Party spokesman Hamon slams Merkel over austerity policy

French Socialist Party spokesman Benoit Hamon sharply criticized German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a televised interview on Sunday saying she must understand that she alone cannot decide the fate ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel faces possible defeat in regional election
13/05/2012 - Germany

Election in German state is crucial test for Chancellor Merkel

A week after voters in Greece and France showed their dissatisfaction in national elections with the eurozone’s pro-austerity measures, German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party also faces a ...

11/05/2012 - Greece

Germany warns Greece over reforms as Pasok tries to form coalition government

Pressure is mounting on Greece to form a coalition government after Germany’s foreign minister warned there would be no more payments of aid unless Athens implemented the reforms it has ...

10/05/2012 - Analysis: France's new president

Hollande to meet Merkel hours after swearing-in to discuss eurozone debt crisis

France's new president François Hollande will fly to Berlin within hours of his swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday for a working dinner with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and talks on the ...

10/05/2012 - Afghanistan - Germany - France

Merkel says troops to stay in Afghanistan as Hollande moves to pull French out

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday pledged to keep her country’s troops in Afghanistan until the official Nato pull-out date at the end of 2014.

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