TOMATE, TOMATEN: Cooperation between Germany and France is crucial to ending the European economic crisis, but comments from leaders of the continent's No. 1 and No. 2 economies reveal diverging priorities. Full story
BERLIN (Reuters) - The European Central Bank should stop buying Italian government debt if Italy failed to meet its debt reduction requirements, a senior ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a newspaper interview published on Thursday. Full story
BERLIN (Reuters) - Investment will return soon to breathe new life into Germany's economy, a top cabinet minister and ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel told Reuters on Wednesday after data showed Europe's largest economy crept back into meager first-quarter growth. Full story
(Reuters) - Occasionally a public opinion survey surfaces that signals a seismic event. That is the case with a new report from the Pew Research Center that measures the widening tremors of a political earthquake now shaking Europe. Full story
BERLIN (Reuters) - Angela Merkel has dismissed claims in a new book that she was more actively committed to East Germany's communist regime than she has acknowledged, saying she has never kept anything secret about her past. Full story
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's newly launched anti-euro party will clear a key hurdle this weekend to taking part in September's national election but has yet to rally enough support to win seats in parliament. Full story
Three topless protesters, members of the women’s rights group Femen, disrupt a visit between Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and German chancellor Angela Merkel at a trade fair in Hanover.
The Gaggle talks about immigration and gives their shameless plugs.
Forbes Magazine's Randall Lane joins Morning Joe to discuss why President Obama, Germany's Angela Merkel and 69 others are the world's most powerful people. The National Journal's Joe Conason also joins the discussion.
CNBC's Ross Westgate has the latest details on European markets, including reports of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's opposition to the $45 billion EADS/BAE merger.
German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, she was greeted by angry demonstrators in the in streets of Athens. Greeks came out in droves to protest the visit, as many believe Germany to be a central player behind the austerity measures taken by the debt-stricken country. CNBC’s Carolin Roth reports.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a conference on Europe at the German foreign ministry in Berlin May 16, 2013. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS)
A graffiti depicting European Central Bank President Mario Draghi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel is seen outside a fence surrounding the construction site for the new headquarters of the ECB in Frankfurt, May 16, 2013. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
A graffiti depicting German Chancellor Angela Merkel is seen outside a fence surrounding the construction site for the new headquarters of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, May 16, 2013. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS)
