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Paying German workers more is a win-win for the euro

Most of us know that shedding flab after falling into flesh is not much fun. The same can be said for economies that lose their shape. Just as (...)

German chancellor Angela Merkel (left) and labour minister Ursula von der Leyen leaving the plenum of the Bundestag, the lower house of parliament, in Berlin. Photograph: Thomas Peter/Reuters
German ZEW index falls sharply as economic outlook deteriorates
  • Europe
  • April 16, 2013, 11:50

German analyst and investor sentiment fell sharply in April, hit by fears that a deterioration of the euro zone crisis and a global slowdown, l(...)

Financial shocks coming from weak euro zone countries are three times more likely to destabilise the region’s economies than shocks from richer countries, according to new research. Photograph: Michael Dalder/Reuter
Financial shocks from weaker euro states ‘more destabilising’
  • Europe
  • April 16, 2013, 09:36

Financial shocks coming from weak euro zone countries are three times more likely to destabilise the region’s economies than shocks from richer(...)

Luxembourg finance minister Luc Frieden said there is an international trend towards automatically exchanging depositor information. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Luxembourg willing to ease banking secrecy

Luxembourg is prepared to ease its banking secrecy rules and work more closely with foreign tax authorities, its finance minister has told a ne(...)

“It was the Irish government that imposed the farthest-reaching guarantee for its banking system at the start of the crisis – on its own initiative,” said German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble. Photograph: Eric Luke
Germany’s rethink on just where the blame lies for the Irish bank bailout

On a dismal Tuesday night, 600 Berliners have braved the snow and a bitter, Siberian wind to fill the Deutsches Theater. Six bankers prowl the (...)

Five Star movement leader and comedian Beppe Grillo speaks during a campaign rally in Rome ahead of the election. Photograph: Max Rossi/Reuters
Italian vote worsens outlook for the euro

Yesterday marked the 10th anniversary of the launch of the most far-reaching economic reform package any major Europe an country has undertaken in (...)

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