CDU
Economy
Merkel Faces Dissent from Her Party Over Greek Bailout Extension
German Chancellor Angela Merkel faces dissent from her coalition ranks as she prepares to extend Greece’s bailout.
Although the German Parliament is set to vote in favor of the Greek bailout extension, there will be a lot of internal growling...
Greece
German Vice Chancellor Gabriel: Germany Wants Greece in the Eurozone
The German government's desire for Greece's Eurozone membership expressed the country’s Vice Chancellor and Economic Affairs Minister, Sigmar Gabriel, in his recent interview to German newspaper "Hanoversche Allgemeine Zeitung," adding that the Eurozone expects that the agreements between the two...
Europe
No Greeks Made it to German Parliament
The three Greek candidates in the Sept 22 German federal elections failed to be elected at the Bunderstag. They were candidates from three different parties that all saw their percentages drop because of Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU)’s electoral...
Greece
Merkel's Message to Greece
After easily winning re-election in a runaway rout to gain a third term, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose country is the biggest contributor to bailouts for Greece, said she will now return to tightening the screws on the Greek...
Europe
German MP’s Don’t Want EU Greek Presidency
Two German MP's of the ruling party, citing the high cost, asked for Greece’s resignation from the EU presidency.
"Greece should resign from its scheduled presidency for 2014," the two MP's of the CDU and FDP parties said, arguing that...
Economy
Merkel: Greece Eurozone Entry Bogus
Apparently frustrated she spends a lot of her time defending why she's so tough on Greece - insisting on harsh austerity measures in return for her country's backing of international bailout loans - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Greece...
Cyprus
ECB’s Asmussen Presses Cyprus Deal
A European Central Bank (ECB) Executive Board member, Jorg Asmussen, said it's critical for the stability of the Eurozone to finalize a bailout deal for Cyprus' faltering economy by the end of March, a month after the country's Presidential...
Economy
Fortress Athens: 6,000 Cops to Guard Merkel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel – who many Greeks view as the architect of the austerity measures that have ruined their lives – will likely face angry crowds when she visits Athens on Oct. 9 to meet with Prime Minister...
Economy
Samaras Readies to Visit Merkel, Hollande to Make Greece's Case
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, struggling to get a consensus in his shaky coalition government for another $14.16 billion in cuts and austerity measures he’d vowed to avoid, will take his case to German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin...
Europe
Merkel’s Ministers Want to End Greek Bailouts
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, facing a tumultuous political year, has returned from holidays, only to face a deepening Eurozone crisis and threats from her senior ministers that Germany should veto the next aid package for Greece.
Merkel's Christian Democratic Union...