Germany plans 5-6 bn euros in more cuts by 2014
Frankfurt: The German government is eyeing 5.0-6.0 billion euros ($6.5-7.8 billion) in additional spending cuts in 2014 in a bid to balance the government budget,...
Wolfgang Schaeuble
EU finance ministers tackle growth as economy slumps
by AFP
BRUSSELS (AFP): EU finance ministers tackled ways of boosting the slumping economy on Tuesday as the debt crisis bites deeper, after eurozone ministers reported progress...
Greek govt faces another key test with budget vote
by AFP
ATHENS (AFP) – (AFP) – Greece’s government faces another test on Sunday when lawmakers vote on the 2013 budget just days after narrowly passing a...
Germany’s Schaeuble confident of go-ahead for eurozone pacts
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Strasbourg: Germany’s Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said Monday he was confident the country’s top court will not block the signing into law of the eurozone’s...
Germany, France in a bid for rapid eurozone integration
BRUSSELS: Germany and France are exploring radical methods of securing deeper and more rapid fiscal integration among euro zone countries, officials said, adding that both...