A fresh attempt by France and Germany to resolve the eurozone crisis has been met with 15 euro zone nations being placed on "credit watch negative" by...

World markets are poised as the fate of the eurozone enters another important week. Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel met on Monday to begin the p...

The leaders of France and Germany will hold crunch talks in Paris amid frantic efforts to agree a deal to stabilise the eurozone. President Nicolas...

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has called for greater integration between France and Germany to save the euro, including changing the terms of the 1...

Dominique Strauss Khan, the former head of the International Monetary Fund, has admitted to having a series of affairs, but said that in France that w...

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has sparked controversy with his outspoken views on breastfeeding, describing it as "a kind of slavery" to a group of...

President Obama snogging Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez? Unlikely. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu smooching with Palestinian leader Mahmo...

The European sovereign debt crisis could be entering a new and dangerous phase, with political upheaval in Greece and Italy forcing regional leaders t...

The fireworks started early this week, with shocks in store for nearly everyone, not least the Eurozone's leaders, who went into November probably feeling, if not smug, then at least satisfied they had a plan for Greece's debt crisis. George Papandreou clearly had other ideas. Having announced plans for a referendum on the proffered financial bail-out, the Greek prime minister managed to dominate the news agenda throughout the week, throwing the G20 summit into turmoil, sending stock markets falling, narrowly survive a vote of no confidence and starting to plan a new coalition government all in the space of five days.

World leaders have drawn a blank in their efforts to resolve the eurozone crisis, as the G20 summit ended with no agreement on crucial measures to sho...

Packing my bags to depart the G20 in Cannes, I leave with a sense both of what might have been but also inspiring memories and a real hope that the battle for a 'Robin Hood tax' on financial transactions might still be won.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have given the Greek Prime Minister, George Papandreou, a stark ultimatum - accep...

Europe’s main stock indices fought back strongly on Thursday as markets gave a vote of confidence to eurozone leaders’ “grand plan”. At clo...

Herman van Rompuy, the European Council president, was keen to manage expectations on Thursday morning, saying that the agreement thrashed out by euro...

Leaders in the EU have said they plan to increase the powers of the bailout fund 'several fold' in a broad statement released after an emergency meeti...