On the day when EU finance ministers met to discuss possible solutions to the eurozone sovereign debt crisis German Chancellor Angela Merkel moved to rule out a debt restructuring before 2013 – when the permanent eurozone bailout fund comes into force. Merkel said that restructuring “would raise incredible doubts about our credibility if we were to simply change the rules in the middle...

As the euro plunged to an 18-month low on Friday (17 May) amid mounting fears that recent austerity measures would hurt already fragile growth in the eurozone, German Chancellor Angela Merkel denounced speculation against the single currency but said the EU could overcome the problem only by tackling the yawning gap between Europe's strongest and weakest economies.

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel vows to implement a permanent bail-out facility amid speculation over a eurozone break-up.

Following a tense meeting yesterday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou confirmed that the referendum he surprisingly announced on Monday would effectively decide on whether Greece would remain in the eurozone.

The Guardian reported on Friday that, during the European Council meeting in October, German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned for the first time that her country could leave the eurozone. According to the paper, Merkel hit back at Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou's criticism that Germany's proposals for a permanent eurozone crisis resolution mechanism were "undemocratic", saying: "I...

Spiegel suggests that German Chancellor Angela Merkel is considering abandoning her plan to increase economic cooperation between all EU member states, in order to reinforce Eurozone cooperation, through the creation of Eurozone Treaty, which would operate in parallel with the Lisbon Treaty.

Delivering a speech to the German Parliament this morning, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Europe was on the verge of deeper fiscal integration, the necessity of which was widely recognised, claiming that: “We're not just talking about a fiscal union but starting to create one.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday tried to dismiss talk of an imminent Greek default and rejected suggestions that Greece could soon be leaving the eurozone. In an interview with German radio station RBB, she warned, “Everyone should weigh their words very carefully…I have made my position very clear that everything must be done to keep the eurozone together politically,&rdquo...

Handelsblatt reports that German Chancellor Angela Merkel plans to "save the euro" through a combination of stronger eurozone rules and a "plan B" for Greek debt – which could see a restructuring of debt or the EFSF loaning Greece money to buy back its own bonds.

Handelsblatt reports that Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy are split over whether a new Treaty designed to impose greater fiscal discipline and control in the eurozone should be agreed by all 27 member states, or through a separate Treaty involving the 17 eurozone countries only.