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The Eurozone Faces One of Its Biggest Ever Decisions

Dr Philipp Rosler | Posted 24.05.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Angela Merkel, Dr Philipp Rosler, Europe, Financial Crisis, Germany, Eurozone, Euro Crisis, Chancellor Merkel, UK Politics, Nick Clegg, UK Diary, UK Politics News
Dr Philipp Rosler

When the first Euros were printed in 1999, Europe chose a bold new future. But beneath the surface, the new European economy was built on shaky foundations. The decision is one of the biggest we have faced. The answer is clear: Europe must go for growth.

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PICTURES: Chelsea Fans Join Jubilant West London Parade

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 20.05.2012 | UK

Read More: UK News, David Cameron, G8, President Obama, Angela Merkel, UK Sport, UK Champions League, Bayern Munich, Champions League, Chelsea, UK News

Chelsea fans lined the streets of west London on Sunday as the team celebrated the club's historic Champions League and FA Cup double win with a victo...

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Chelsea Fans To Line Streets To Celebrate Champions League Final Win

Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 20.05.2012 | UK

Read More: G8, Chelsea, President Obama, Angela Merkel, UK News, UK Sport, UK Champions League, Bayern Munich, David Cameron, Champions League, UK News

Tens of thousands of Chelsea fans will line the streets of west London today to celebrate the club's historic Champions League and FA Cup double. H...

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World Leaders Seek Action On Eurozone Crisis

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 19.05.2012 | UK

Read More: Eurozone, UK News, David Cameron, G8, Angela Merkel, Barack Obama, Euro, Eurzone Crisis, UK News

World leaders have piled on the pressure on the eurozone nations to resolve their problems amid fears the debt crisis in the single currency bloc coul...

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So, What Was Cameron Overheard Saying About John Terry?

Posted 19.05.2012 | UK

Read More: UK News, John Terry, David Cameron, G8 Summit, Angela Merkel, Champions League, UK Diary, Slideexpand, UK News

David Cameron has been overheard criticising footballer John Terry during the G8 summit, according to off-mic comments overheard by those sleuths over...

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Cameron Warns Hollande 'UK Will Not Back Transaction Tax'

PA | Posted 18.05.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: UK News, Greece, Eurozone Crisis, David Cameron, UK Economy, Angela Merkel, European Union, Eu, Francois Hollande, Greek Debt Crisis, Euro, UK Politics News

David Cameron today issued a blunt warning to French President Francois Hollande that Britain would not accept a Europe-wide financial transaction tax...

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Angela Merkel 'Suggests Greece Hold Euro Referendum'

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 18.05.2012 | UK

Read More: Greece, Eurozone Crisis, Germany, UK Economy, Greek Crisis, Angela Merkel, Eu, UK Finance, Euro, UK News

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has suggested that Greece holds a referendum over its membership of the European single currency, according to a Greek...

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Cameron Warns On Euro Stability

PA | Posted 17.05.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Angela Merkel, Mario Monti, Eurozone, UK News, Europe, Francois Hollande, David Cameron Eurozone, David Cameron, UK Politics News

David Cameron warned fellow European leaders of the need for the eurozone to take "decisive action" to ensure stability in a high-level conference cal...

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Is Europe's Choice Really Austerity or Growth?

Willard Foxton | Posted 17.05.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Keynesian Economics, Depression, Angela Merkel, Growth, Economic Growth, Merkel, Eu, Recession, Austerity, UK Politics News
Willard Foxton

This crisis is an object lesson in globalisation. National politics - except those of Greece - are effectively suspended until the euro crisis is resolved one way or the other. Here's hoping it's resolved soon.

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President Hollande's Plane Hit By Lightning On Way To Meet Merkel

Posted 15.05.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Angela Merkel, UK Diary, Eurozone, UK News, President Hollande, French President Francois Hollande, Lightning, French President, UK Politics News

Newly-elected French president Francois Hollande was forced to return to Paris after the plane carrying him to a meeting with German chancellor Angela...

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Eurozone Crisis: Greece Makes Last Attempt To Form Government As Markets Fall

Huffington Post UK / PA | Michael Rundle | Posted 15.05.2012 | UK

Read More: Eurozone, George Osbourne, UK News, Greece, Eurozone Crisis, Angela Merkel, European Union, Greece Eurozone Crisis, Francois Hollande, Eu, UK News

Greek politicians are making a final last-ditch effort to form a stable government after more than a week of frenzied negotiation, as the prospect of ...

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We Need to Talk About Greece

Gareth Edmundson | Posted 10.05.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Greece, François Hollande, Greece Debt Crisis, Elections 2012, Angela Merkel, French Elections, Nicolas Sarkozy, Austerity, Greek Economy, UK Politics News
Gareth Edmundson

We had two major elections in Europe last weekend and yet the column inches devoted to Sarkozy losing to Francois Hollande completely and utterly eclipsed the reports from Greece.

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EU Leaders Threaten Euro Championships Over 'Abuse' Of Tymoshenko

Posted 03.05.2012 | UK

Read More: Angela Merkel, UK Euro 2012, Euro 2012, Eu Commission, UK News, Ukraine, Yulia Tymoshenko, Eugenia Tymoshenko, UK News

European leaders are threatening to boycott the forthcoming Euro 2012 football tournament over the treatment of Ukranian opposition leader Yulia Tymos...

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Merkozy Doesn't Matter - There is Another Alliance in Europe That is Far More Important

The Cambridge Union Society | Posted 29.04.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Britain, France, UK Universities and Education, UK Universities, Angela Merkel, European Union, Europe, Cambridge University, Nicolas Sarkozy, UK Politics News
The Cambridge Union Society

Four years ago it was the United States. Two years ago it was Greece. Today, it is Italy.

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Beers Are On Me! Angela Merkel Gets A Five-Pint Soaking (VIDEO)

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 27.02.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Angela Merkel, UK News, UK Comedy, Beer, UK Politics, UK Politics News

A clumsy waiter has been filmed accidentally tipping five pints of beer down German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s back. The soggy mishap occurred a...

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German President Resigns Following Financial Scandal

Posted 17.02.2012 | UK

Read More: Angela Merkel, German President Resigns, Christian Wulff, Financial Scandal, UK News, News, UK News

German president Christian Wulff has resigned following a financial scandal that saw parliament strip the disgraced politician of his immunity. Al...

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So, What Multiculturalism Are We Talking About?

Austin Aneke | Posted 13.04.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Angela Merkel, Huffington Post Political News, Uniculturalism, David Cameron, Multiculturalism, UK Politics News
Austin Aneke

The principle of "melting pot" acts is to counter the negative potentials of multiculturalism. So while we should respect and recognise subcultures in order to minimise discrimination and oppression, we should not promote our differences

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Diplomacy is More Than a Positive Intention

Benjamin Halfpenny | Posted 04.04.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Iran Diplomacy, Diplomacy, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Angela Merkel, David Cameron, Nicolas Sarkozy, UK World, UK Politics, UK Politics News
Benjamin Halfpenny

World leaders, then, have continued to characterise Iran as a threat or a menace intent on some kind of destruction.

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Germany's Desperate Plans Spark Fears Over 'Economic Occupation' In Europe

Huffington Post UK | Peter Guest | Posted 31.01.2012 | UK

Read More: Eurozone, UK News, Greece, Eurozone Crisis, Germany, France, UK Economy, Angela Merkel, European Union, UK Business, Eurozone Debt Crisis, Eurozone Debt, Eu, Nicolas Sarkozy, UK News

Greece roundly rejected a German plan, revealed last week, to hand power over the country's budget to the European Union as its failure to push throug...

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David Cameron Tells EU To Get 'Serious' About Growth

Posted 30.01.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Angela Merkel, European Union, Eurozone, UK News, Iain Duncan Smith, Eu, David Cameron, UK Politics News

David Cameron has told European leaders to focus on economic growth as they met in Brussels to push for greater financial integration. "This is wh...

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Greece: A Default?

Amarjot Sidhu | Posted 29.03.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: UK, European Debt Crisis, Politics, Eurozone, Greece, France, Economy, Standard and Poor's, Angela Merkel, Euro, Nicolas Sarkozy, UK Politics News
Amarjot Sidhu

Journalistic convention states that one should insert a cliché phrase about the eurozone in this introduction: "the Eurozone has turned a leaf" or perhaps "Greece has begun a new chapter in their economic comeback". Nothing of that sort has happened.

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Nicolas Sarkozy Proposes Financial Transaction Tax

Posted 30.01.2012 | UK

Read More: Angela Merkel, Financial Transaction Tax, UK Business, UK News, France, City of London, David Cameron, Nicolas Sarkozy, UK News

French president Nicolas Sarkozy has raised the stakes in Europe-wide discussions over a "Robin Hood" tax on financial transactions ahead of a meeting...

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Merkel Dismisses Euro Crisis and Praises Austerity At Davos

Huffington Post | Posted 25.01.2012 | Home

Read More: Eurozone, Eurozone Crisis, Davos, Economy, Economic Crisis, Angela Merkel, Eurozone Debt Crisis, World Economic Forum, Home News

German chancellor Angela Merkel has insisted that there is no "crisis of the euro" but a "debt crisis" in Europe on the opening day of the World Econo...

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Iran: Cameron, Merkel And Sarkozy Demand Regime Ends Nuclear Ambitions

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 23.01.2012 | UK

Read More: UK News, UK World, Ministry of Defence, Strait of Hormuz, David Cameron, Angela Merkel, Iranian-Oil-Sanctions, Iran, Iran Nuclear Program, Nicolas Sarkozy, UK News

David Cameron, Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy have issued a statement amid EU oil sanctions imposed against Iran today. The move comes after Br...

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'Super' Mario Due In Downing Street For Eurozone Talks With PM

PA | Posted 18.03.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Mario Monti, Eurozone, 10 Downing Street, UK News, David Cameron, UK Economy, Angela Merkel, UK Business, Eu, Nicolas Sarkozy, UK Politics News

Prime Minister David Cameron will today hold talks on the eurozone debt crisis with the leader of one of the countries at the heart of the storm, Ital...

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