Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has shown little leadership during the financial crisis, will have to give an outstanding speech Monday, as her conservative Christian Democrats gather in Stuttgart, if she wishes to retain her reputation as a disciplined, calculating and determined leader.

Fierce German resistance to helping crisis-hit Greece has emerged in a Financial Times opinion poll that strengthens the hand of Angela Merkel, the Chancellor, hand before a possible European showdown this week over financial aid for Athens

The Social Democrats chose Frank-Walter Steinmeier to run against Chancellor Angela Merkel in elections next year, but the coalition government must cooperate on the financial crisis.

Gordon Brown is continuing his series of high-profile international talks regarding the economic crisis with a visit to Downing Street by German chancellor Angela Merkel today.

The eurozone financial crisis is set to dominate a meeting between British Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin.

Handelsblatt reports that German Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday rejected a call from Spanish PM Jose Luis Zapatero for “EU-solidarity” for Greece. She also warned that the euro would not be stable without radical cuts in the budget deficits of member states: “Only if the financial markets evaluate that Greece can handle the reforms, will the euro be able to become stable agai...

Deutsche Welle and many others are remarking on how the stresses of the global financial crisis are affecting the unity of the EU. In particular, it makes some interesting observations on the meeting in Berlin last Sunday, "designed to forge a common EU response to the global financial crisis ahead of a G20 summit". The talks, it says, called by Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, were attend...

For someone who had just finished 16 hours of intensive talks on a rescue package for Greece and the eurozone, German chancellor Angela Merkel seems to find little to faze her

Stock markets fell across Europe yesterday after German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday announced their backing for a financial transaction tax. Reuters quotes Chancellor Merkel’s spokesman Steffen Seibert saying, “When you look at the measures the Chancellor and Sarkozy presented yesterday, many of them affect all 27 and that is the intention w...

Top Story European Union leaders met in Berlin on Sunday to discuss a common strategy for addressing the financial crisis. The leaders backed a series of sweeping regulations of financial markets and hedge funds. In a statement on behalf of the other members, German Chancellor Angela Merkel promised greater oversight of all financial instruments "which may pose a systematic risk." The le...