
BERLIN – Germany’s finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble (pictured above) and a senior Bavarian politician criticised Greece on Sunday over the way it is managing its role in Europe’s biggest migration crisis since World War Two. Schaeuble, who has clashed repeatedly
by Reuters27 Dec 2015, 4:21 PM PST0

BERLIN (Reuters) – German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Friday he believed European powers could reach a deal with Britain on its demands for reforms to the European Union, with terms that would still allow for deeper integration of
by Reuters7 Nov 2015, 1:24 AM PST0

Greece makes one debt payment, wonders if it can make the next; Europeans reject more bailout money for Greece, for now; Jean-Claude Jüncker warns of Anglo-Saxon threat to eurozone
by John J. Xenakis7 May 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

The eleventh-hour decision to extend Greece’s bailout a few weeks ago turns out to have been an even closer shave than it seemed at the time, with Reuters reporting that a massive revolt among German conservatives left the vote “hanging by a thread,” as one German legislator put it. Escalating tensions between sullen Greece and fed-up Germany could make the votes on further bailout extensions or new financing deals even tighter.
by John Hayward12 Mar 2015, 8:13 AM PST0