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Mr and Mrs Nobody reflect the EU's new order

20.11.09
Angela Merkel smiled and nodded. Nicolas Sarkozy, his interpreter's headphones still on, gave an imperial thumbs-up. Silvio Berlusconi simply said: "Je suis d'accord". ... more

Brown gives up on Blair and seeks EU consolation prize

19.11.09
Video: Gordon Brown all but gives up on Tony Blair’s hopes of becoming EU President and embarks on 'Plan B' to clinch top economic post for Britain... more

Cold War nations celebrate day the Berlin Wall was toppled 20 years ago

09.11.09
Thousands of Germans celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall as world leaders gathered to mark the event that triggered the end of the Cold War... more

Stitch-up so Tony Blair won’t be President of Europe

30.10.09
Tony Blair's chances of becoming EU President looked all but dead after France and Germany signalled they had a rival candidate... more

I can’t work with ‘Mr Flash’ says Merkel as Blair bids for presidency

28.10.09
Latest: Tony Blair has been dubbed 'Mr Flash' by the Germans, putting his hopes of becoming Europe’s president in fresh doubt... more

Wind power blow as Germans stay nuclear

14.10.09
Renewable energy industries in Germany are set for a double blow as the new government plans to increase the life of nuclear power stations while reducing subsidies for wind and solar farms ... more

Merkel's second win puts Germany on the road to the Right

28.09.09
Angela Merkel won a second term in Germany as voters-nudged Europe's biggest economic power to the Right... more

Labour must show some will to win

28.09.09
This is Labour’s “fightback” conference: on present showing, it will be an uphill struggle... more

Merkel demands inquiry into Nato air strike which killed 70

07.09.09
German chancellor Angela Merkel has called for a "thorough, quick" investigation into a Nato air strike which Afghan officials claim killed 70 people... more

Brown and Merkel call for Afghanistan conference

07.09.09
Prime Minister Gordon Brown and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have called for an international conference on the future of Afghanistan to be held before the end of this year... more

Brown joins EU leaders to curb big City bonuses

03.09.09
Gordon Brown outlined fresh curbs on City bonuses as he claimed some banks were still behaving "reprehensibly" despite the credit crunch... more

Shame on the no-shows for Silvio Berlusconi's big day

09.07.09
In real life, when someone’s having a bad year, families tend to rally round. But the top table of world leaders isn’t like that, it seems ... more

Wave of support for centre-right across Europe

08.06.09
David Cameron was heading towards No10 on a wave of support for the centre-Right across Europe. Rival parties on the Left were left counting their losses as far-Right and anti-immigrant groups made gains. ... more

Germans staggered by blue-chip calls for aid

21.05.09
The German government is shocked by how many blue-chip companies have come begging for assistance during the financial crisis ... more

German car-scrapping bonus to be expanded

08.04.09
The German government is to expand funding for a popular car-scrapping bonus that has given auto sales a powerful boost, more than tripling the amount of money it originally set aside... more

Women are just wives at the top table

03.04.09
The camera does not lie. Those photos of the leaders emerging from the G20 summit tell us as much as we need to know about the balance of power between the sexes... more

Sarkozy insists there is 'no agreement yet'

01.04.09
French president Nicolas Sarkozy and Germany's Angela Merkel exposed the split at the heart of the G20 summit by warning that they will not tolerate a fresh global economic stimulus package... more

What Mr Brown can really achieve

01.04.09
The start of the G20 summit - a flurry of high-level breakfast meetings, concluding with a splendid reception for the world leaders this evening with the Queen - may be both glamorous and imposing but the backdrop to the event is downright sombre... more

Call for a UK ‘new car for old’ scheme

26.03.09
Germany is extending its successful “new car for old” scheme, which has spurred record sales... more

Versailles? Washington? Gordon Brown offers visiting world leaders ... Canning Town

24.03.09
As global premiers prepare to assemble for the G20 summit at a bleak east London wasteland, we pick some highlights around the ExCel conference centre... more

Northern Rock to revive mortgage lending

23.02.09
An additional £14 billion in mortgage lending by nationalised Northern Rock will be announced today as part of a new wave of government measures to tackle the economic crisis... more

No 10 scoffs at Gordon Brown's 'new job' report

16.02.09
Gordon Brown's allies reacted furiously to claims that he was being lined up for a new job as an international financial watchdog... more

Germans retreat on bail-out

06.01.09
Germany is moving towards agreeing a new economic rescue plan worth around £46 billion to counter recession... more

11th-hour Euro deal fails to heal rift with Berlin

12.12.08
Tensions between Britain and Germany simmered on today despite a compromise deal over EU plans to fight the recession and tackle climate change... more

Brown repeating cheap credit mistakes, says Merkel

27.11.08
Gordon Brown's claims to be leading the world out of the economic crisis suffered a blow today after German leader Angela Merkel attacked his soaring borrowing... more

Voucher plan could be worth €500 to Germans

26.11.08
Germans are in line to receive €500 (£423) "consumption vouchers" to be spent across the country, as the government considers the scheme to stimulate its economy... more

Prince Charles embroiled in row over Armistice ceremony at Verdun

11.11.08
Prince Charles is risking a backlash after agreeing to attend a controversial First World War commemoration in France ... more

Meltdown: £100 billion wiped off shares

06.10.08
London shares had £100 billion wiped off their value in the biggest ever fall as the bank crisis swept around the world... more

Germans clamp down on fat cats

11.07.08
Germany is cracking down on executive pay in a bid to stem rising anger among voters ahead of next year's general election... more

Germany's rail network on track to a partial sale

16.04.08
The German government paves the way for the partial privatisation of Europe's biggest rail network... more

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