EU leaders wrestle with austerity as thousands protest
Brussels: European Union leaders wrestled on Thursday with German demands for strict austerity and a French-led push for growth-friendly spending at a summit targeted by...
EU economy crises
Stagnating industry a blow to German recovery hopes
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Frankfurt: Following an unexpected drop in factory orders, news that German industrial output stagnated in January dealt another blow to hopes for a strong recovery...
EU sees recession, record dole queues right through 2013
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Brussels: The eurozone is staring at another full year of recession in 2013 with unemployment likely to surge above the 20-million mark and France in...
EU on edge again with France latest debt fear
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Brussels: Europe releases its latest economic forecasts Friday — with a weak growth outlook likely to push France into overshooting EU budgetary targets and possibly...
France vows to slash public deficit to EU norms
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Paris: France’s new Socialist government on Friday repeated its promise to reduce the country’s public deficit to 3.0 percent of GDP next year in line...