In the past couple of weeks, the Left Party in Germany has started a vehement campaign for the introduction of Eurobonds. Hardly a day has passed without one of the party leaders declaring, «Eurobonds are essential» (Gesine Lötsch, party chairperson), or «unavoidable» (Gregor Gysi, fraction leader), and even that Eurobonds were «proposed by the Left Party» and are «now being discussed everywhere» (Klaus Ernst, party co-chairperson).
08/26/2011
— Filed under: Без рубрики
Tags: Eurobonds, Germany
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A UN committee has sharply criticized Germany’s social and education systems, saying the country fails to provide equal opportunities for immigrants and women. It’s also not doing enough to help poor children and the elderly, the UN says. But the German government alleges the report isn’t based on facts.
07/12/2011
— Filed under: Society
Tags: children, Germany, immigrants
Almost 200 German economics professors have signed a declaration rejecting current proposals to resolve the eurozone debt crisis, instead calling for a way for distressed countries to declare bankruptcy.
02/3/2011
— Filed under: Finance
Tags: default plan, Germany
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government said it will meet European Union budget-deficit rules this year and won’t stop there, as it seeks to browbeat other EU states into tackling debt levels to tame the euro-area crisis.
01/1/2011
— Filed under: Finance
Tags: budget, EU, Germany
It is increasingly unlikely that the upcoming summit of European Union leaders will discuss the possible creation of common euro-zone bonds, German government spokesman Steffen Seibert said Monday.
12/5/2010
— Filed under: Finance
Tags: Euro, Germany
German business confidence jumped unexpectedly to a more than 3 yr high in October, despite concerns that cooling global growth could slow its recovery, a closely watched survey showed Friday.
10/20/2010
— Filed under: Business
Tags: Dow Jones, Germany, index
French Budget Minister Francois Baroin will meet German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and German parliamentarians in Berlin Tuesday, the French minister’s diary shows.
08/2/2010
— Filed under: Finance,Politics
Tags: budget, France, Germany
The British economy showed signs of strengthening Thursday after reports that the country’s budget deficit shrank at a faster pace than expected in July and retail sales posted the biggest gain in five months.
07/28/2010
— Filed under: Finance
Tags: Britain, domestic product, forecast, Germany
Angry survivors demanded answers from organizers Sunday after 19 people were killed in a stampede at Germany’s Love Parade and officials announced an inquiry into how the tragedy unfolded.
07/13/2010
— Filed under: Crime,Society
Tags: Germany, Love Parade, tragedy
A week after rattling global stock prices with a unilateral ban on some forms of financial market speculation, Germany went much further Tuesday, proposing a law that would greatly broaden restrictions on several instruments that investors use to bet against stocks, bonds and currencies, The New York Times’s Jack Ewing reports from Frankfurt.
05/20/2010
— Filed under: Finance
Tags: bonds, Germany, global stock
