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Move follows rating agency's decision to downgrade France and Austria; Mario Draghi warns of “very grave state of affairs” in eurozone. Standard and Poor's, the...

German finance minister says last week's downgrades will not damage European Financial Stability Facility. Wolfgang Schäuble, Germany's finance minister, said today that...

Leaders have gloated over the failings of others' economies – only to see their own economies slip on banana skins. The protracted financial and economic crisis discredited...

Germany's finance minister honoured for his role stabilising monetary union. The judges for the 2012 Charlemagne Prize have exhibited an unfashionable degree of confidence in...

No one is blameless in the eurozone's crisis – and certainly not Germany. Dear German friends,

Chancellor and finance minister play down expectation that European Council will provide definitive response. Germany today tried to lower expectations that the European...

It took a trip to the US to bring the eurozone crisis into sharper focus. The eurozone crisis has entered a new phase that may yet prove even more inglorious than the last....

Strong opposition from non-eurozone countries. Finance ministers from the European Union have raised the possibility of introducing a financial transaction tax solely in the...

Germany's leaders face a tough test of their commitment to the euro. The euro is a monetary arrangement, not a religion. So it is entirely appropriate for all eurozone...

France and Germany push for tax on dealing but there is concern over driving investors away from the EU. With turmoil persisting in the eurozone, France and Germany are...

Putting the EU's policy challenges into a highly complex global context. World events have been unusually intrusive this summer. Government leaders have been forced to...

EU leaders struggle to calm financial markets. The leaders of the eurozone are facing a crucial week as they struggle to calm financial markets and shore up a deal reached...

The finance ministers of France and Germany have sought to play down fears that the deal reached at last week's eurozone summit will not be sufficient to end turmoil on the...

Greek PM's comments likely to go down badly in Germany. George Papandreou, the prime minister of Greece, said today that the agreement reached by eurozone leaders to charge...

Ministers to meet on Monday in a bid to prevent the eurozone crisis from escalating. Eurozone finance ministers will return to Brussels on Monday (11 July) to confront fears...

The president of the Deutsche Bundesbank faces a delicate balancing act. The Franco-German deal reached in Deauville last October, to dilute plans for automatic budgetary...

Deal would see €12 billion released. Finance ministers from the 17 countries which use the euro are meeting in Luxembourg tonight to work out terms for releasing a...

ECB and Germany at odds over debt restructuring. The markets react badly, history shows, when politicians air their disagreements in public. Keep discord behind closed...

German finance minister warns of default risk as seven-year debt extension is proposed. The eurozone's finance ministers are coming under increasing pressure to agree to...