List of Germany articles
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GettyImages-484404868 Will German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Power Base Fracture Over the Greek Bailout?
German Chancellor Angela Merkel got a third bailout for Greece that could split the base of her political power.
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GettyImages-477483892 Will Fed Chief Janet Yellen Ignore China and Follow Through on an Interest Rate Hike?
Will China's decision to devaluate its currency cause Fed chief Janet Yellen to balk on a rate hike?
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A picture shows euro banknotes in Lille on August 25, 2014. AFP PHOTO/PHILIPPE HUGUEN (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images) We Need a New Euro, but for Losers
The only thing that can save Europe’s common currency is another common currency — for the B-Team.
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GettyImages-481455916 Germany Drags Its Feet on Third Bailout as Debt Payment Looms Over Athens
Greece needs bailout cash to make a payment to the European Central Bank by Aug. 20. Once again, Berlin stands in the way.
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FRIEDLAND, GERMANY - DECEMBER 10: Unidentified Syrian refugees arive at the refugee center on December 10, 2013 in Friedland, Germany. Hundreds of thousands of Syrians have fled Syria to neighboring countries as well as to Europe. Germany is accepting up to 5,000 Syrian refugees, though German church leaders recently called on their country to take at least 10,000. (Photo by Jens Schlueter/Getty Images) Germany Has a Refugee Problem, and the Problem Is the Germans
Anti-immigrant sentiment is fueling violence and arson. What's the matter with Deutschland?
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The last French troops in Afghanistan stand during their end of NATO mission ceremony at Kabul International Airport (KAIA) in Kabul on December 31, 2014. The last French troops in Afghanistan held a ceremony in Kabul on December 31, to mark the end of their deployment after NATO combat operations closed down and as a new "train and support" mission takes over. About 150 French soldiers who had been helping run the military airport handed over responsibility to a Turkish unit which will operate under the new NATO mission. AFP PHOTO / SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images) NATO’s Rot From Within
A worrying percentage of European publics don’t want to honor the fundamental tenet of the Atlantic alliance.
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fabzarif Let Europe Make Friends (and Deals) With Iran
Germany and France may have been quick to travel to Tehran following the nuclear deal — but that doesn’t mean they’re not still good partners to the United States.
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French President Francois Hollande (R), German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) and European Council President Donald Tusk (C) arrive at the European Union (EU) headquarters in Brussels on July 7, 2015 for an emergency EU summit after Greeks defiantly voted 'No' to further austerity. The Greek prime minister is to face his 18 eurozone counterparts as the country's economy gasps for air, with banks closed until at least July 9 amid fears the Greek financial system is imploding. AFP PHOTO / POOL /OLIVIER HOSLET (Photo credit should read KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP/Getty Images) The Last Thing the Eurozone Needs Is an Ever Closer Union
Germany has proved that it runs the show and writes the rules. So why is France pushing for even deeper integration?
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hollande François Hollande and the Beanstalk
France's president hoped that the eurozone crisis could shoot him to new political heights -- or at least get him re-elected. But the moral of this fable might be closer to home than he realizes.
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GettyImages-481059130_960 The Man Behind the Iron Chancellor
Merkel got the Greece deal she wanted, but it caused rifts in her party and strengthened the hand of her hard-line finance minister.
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GettyImages-458758892 The Real Key to Athens Getting a Third Bailout? Greek Farmers.
Greek lawmakers are resisting a tax hike on farmers, something the IMF, the ECB, and the European Commission say is necessary to get a third bailout.
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Muslim ethnic Uighur women pass a Chinese paramilatary police on patrol on a street in Urumqi, capital of China's Xinjiang region on July 3, 2010 ahead of the first anniversary of bloody violence that erupted between the region's Muslim ethnic Uighurs and members of China's majority Han ethnicity. The government says nearly 200 people were killed and about 1,700 injured in the unrest, China's worst ethnic violence in decades, with Han making up most of the victims. AFP PHOTO/Peter PARKS (Photo credit should read PETER PARKS/AFP/Getty Images) Longform’s Picks of the Week
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CANNES, FRANCE - NOVEMBER 02: German Chancellor Angela Merkel reacts as she attends a press conference after a meeting with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, the French President Nicolas Sarkozy and EU and IMF representatives over Eurozone bailout plan ahead of the G20 summit on November 2, 2011 in Cannes, France. World's top economic leaders will attend to the G20 summit in Cannes on November 3rd and 4th. The leaders are expected to debate current issues surrounding the global financial system in the hope of fending off a global recession and finding an answer to the Eurozone crisis. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images) Germany’s Moral Obligation to Greece
The eurozone giant has long profited from Greece's weakness. Now it’s time to pay up.
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eurogroupers Time to Forget the Bailouts and Make a Real Decision
Negotiations over Greece's debt remain stuck in a feedback loop. But an end to the impasse is possible; it just might be painful.
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GettyImages-479661660 Former Greek Finance Minister: Bailout Deal Is ‘Fiscal Waterboarding’
The former Greek finance minister issued a line-by-line takedown of the debt deal that Greek lawmakers are considering Wednesday.
