Tag: Germany

• Wednesday, October 26th 2011 - 15:22 UTC

  Strong support for Merkel ahead of the Euro bail out summit

  

  Germany's Bundestag lower house of parliament approved on Wednesday a motion to strengthen the Euro zone rescue fund via leveraging, providing Chancellor Angela Merkel with the mandate she needs to negotiate at a key Euro summit in Brussels.

• Tuesday, October 25th 2011 - 04:26 UTC

  German parliament joins discussion on Euro rescue plan

  

  Germany's political opposition has succeeded in ensuring plans to enhance Europe's bailout fund be brought to a vote in parliament on Wednesday. The decision came after the Bundestag's plenary session rejected the opposition's demands for an open debate just Friday.

• Saturday, October 22nd 2011 - 11:14 UTC

  Germany sets aside 130bn dollars for renewable energy to replace 28% nuke power

  

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced on 30 May that Germany, the world's fourth-largest economy and Europe's biggest, would shutter all of its 17 nuclear power plants between 2015 and 2022, an extraordinary commitment, given that they currently produce about 28% of the country's electricity.

• Wednesday, October 19th 2011 - 23:07 UTC

  Greeks have transferred to Swiss banks 200 billion Euros, claims German press

  

  Greeks fearing the safety of their deposits in banks, as well as Greeks trying to evade paying taxes, have reportedly “bailed out” their money of the debt struck country into the safe haven of Swiss banks in a scale of 200 billion Euros.

• Wednesday, October 19th 2011 - 07:27 UTC

  Germany committed to an EU/Mercosur trade agreement said Merkel

  

  The European Union will seek to further discussions over a trade deal with Mercosur at the upcoming G20 summit in Cannes in November announced on Tuesday German Chancellor Angela Merkel alongside visiting Uruguayan president Jose Mujica.

• Wednesday, October 19th 2011 - 06:58 UTC

  The Guardian reports Germany and France agreed on 2 trillion Euros rescued fund

  

  The Guardian newspaper reported on Tuesday that France and Germany had agreed to boost a euro zone financial rescue fund to two trillion Euros pushing US stocks and the Euro higher despite doubts about whether there was such an agreement.

• Tuesday, October 18th 2011 - 09:04 UTC

  Mujica tries “to sell” Uruguay in Hamburg; Tuesday with Chancellor Merkel

  

  Uruguayan president Jose Mujica tried to seduce German investors and business people during his first day visit to Germany which has been marked by the impact of the European crisis. On Tuesday he is scheduled to meet Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Christian Wulff.

• Monday, October 17th 2011 - 17:28 UTC

  Germany warns Greek bondholders will have to accept steeper ‘hair-cut’

  

  Germany lowered expectations of a breakthrough in the Euro zone's sovereign debt crisis next weekend, saying Sunday's EU summit will not produce a final solution, and kept up pressure on banks to accept bigger write-downs on Greek debt.

• Monday, October 10th 2011 - 05:35 UTC

  Sarkozy/Merkel promise package to solve Euro crisis…for the end of October

  

  The leaders of Germany and France promised to unveil a new comprehensive package for solving the Euro zone's debt crisis by the end of the month, but offered no details and papered over differences on how to shore up European banks.

• Thursday, September 29th 2011 - 17:16 UTC

  German parliament approves Euro bail out fund to cut Greek contagion

  

  A large majority in the German parliament has approved expanded powers for the EU main bailout fund. Chancellor Angela Merkel received stronger than expected support in the Bundestag despite some in her coalition vowing to oppose the bill.