The French government has called on Germany to invest €50 billion in its own infrastructure over the next three years to jumpstart eurozone growth as France strives to reduce national debt.
Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday she was "very impressed" with the stimulus and reform package of Italy's new centre-left Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.
Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier promised further financial aid to Greece as he met with Greek premier Antonis Samaras in Athens on Friday morning. In return the government must push forward with reforms, he warned.
Germans say they worry about the European debt crisis more than anything else, according to a survey released on Thursday revealing the country’s biggest concerns.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and EU leaders pledged action on Wednesday on tackling mass youth unemployment in Europe. But the opposition said her austerity policies were directly responsible for the problem.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel hosts European leaders on Wednesday in a bid to tackle sky-high youth unemployment which has left more than half of under 25-year-olds out of work in several southern countries of the eurozone.
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday hosts EU talks on felling sky-high youth unemployment less than three months before German elections after coming under fire for championing austere spending cuts and helping to create a "lost generation".
Angela Merkel reacted with unusual passion to recently disclosed phone calls made in 2008 between Irish bankers in which they mocked Germany's efforts to save the euro and sang "Deutschland Über Alles". Merkel said she had only "contempt" for them.
Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic spoke directly to German tax payers on Sunday, in an attempt to reassure them that “even if it collapsed” his country's entry into the EU on July 1 would never cost them a cent.
Although Germany may be the destination of choice for many immigrants looking for work, most who come here from crisis-hit European countries stay for less than a year, according to new figures.
France and Germany joined hands on Tuesday to confront a jobs crisis blighting the lives of millions of young people in the eurozone, saying that the key to work lies with small businesses.
The head of the German central Bundesbank Jens Weidmann said on Friday that eurozone countries should be able to default, a possibility which the EU has gone to great lengths to avoid during the current crisis.
Buoyant consumer confidence and increased household spending is keeping Germany, Europe's biggest economy, from recession, despite sagging exports and falling investment, data showed on Friday.
A year after Francois Hollande's election, the French president finds himself trapped in Europe between a powerful but unpopular German Chancellor Angela Merkel and his own weakness at home.
Germany's leaders said over the weekend they were confident that Italian politicians would act responsibly and continue structural reforms following an inconclusive election last week.
Germany has failed to mask its unease over Italy's anti-austerity protest vote that has led to political deadlock, with calls for Italians to stay reform-focused and derisory digs in the media.
Commerzbank said on Friday it would slash employee bonuses for 2012 with chief executive Martin Blessing foregoing his altogether following the bank's "unsatisfactory" performance last year.
Rescuing Greece from economic collapse is in Germany's best interests, Chancellor Angela Merkel told Sunday's edition of the <i>Bild</i> tabloid, after German lawmakers approved billions of euros in international aid for Athens.
Germany's parliament on Friday overwhelmingly approved billions of euros in international aid for Greece, handing a much-needed financial boost to Athens as it battles against bankruptcy.
Germany is hoping eurozone finance ministers can clinch a deal on unlocking vital funds for Greece later on Monday but strongly rules out accepting losses on its Greek debt holdings, a spokesman said.
Germany's finance minister said on Tuesday that the French economic situation was stable, after international ratings agency Moody's cut the government bond rating by one notch from the highest level.
Immigration to Germany rose by 15 percent in the first half of the year, thanks to an influx of people from European countries hit hard by the eurozone crisis, official figures showed on Thursday.
All high-speed Thalys rail services between Belgium and Germany will be cancelled Wednesday due to Europe-wide anti-austerity protests, with other connections to France and the Netherlands also disrupted.
Portuguese teddy bear makers are set to appeal directly to Chancellor Angela Merkel to save their German-owned factory as she visits their crisis-stricken country on Monday.
