President François Hollande of France must now forge his own economic partnership with Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany. full story ![]()
A call by President Hollande’s Socialist Party for confrontation with Angela Merkel brought warnings yesterday that France and Germany risked a...
thetimes.co.uk (20 days ago)
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel may not have a "bosom friendship" with her French counterpart, she said on Thursday, but her working relationship with Francois Hollande was strong and crucial for Europe.
reuters.com (3 days ago)
BERLIN (Reuters) - Angela Merkel's spokesman said on Monday criticism of the German chancellor by French President Francois Hollande's Socialists was not a reflection of the cooperation between the two governments.
reuters.com (20 days ago)
PARIS (Reuters) - France's ruling Socialist Party is pressing President Francois Hollande to toughen his stance towards a German counterpart it describes as "self-centered", arguing that Chancellor Angela Merkel's pro-austerity policies are hurting Europe.
reuters.com (23 days ago)
By Stephen Brown BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel may not have a "bosom friendship" with her French counterpart, she said on Thursday, but her working relationship with Francois Hollande was strong and crucial for Europe. With her foreign minister saying Germany must not act with "Teutonic arrogance" towards its euro zone neighbors, Merkel played down...
yahoo.com (3 days ago)
IT HAS been at the core of the European project ever since its inception in the early 1950s. Even so the Franco-German relationship has worked largely by simultaneously disguising both German strength and French weakness. And it has had many ups and downs. Yet a combination of the euro crisis, German economic success under Chancellor Angela Merkel and French economic...
economist.com (17 days ago)
PARIS (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's Social Democrat (SPD) rival in this year's election accused the German leader during a visit to France on Friday of dragging Europe's southern economies into a vicious circle of ruin by insisting on fiscal austerity.
reuters.com (1 month and 13 days ago)

Relations have plunged to a new low with François Hollande's party openly criticising Merkel's self-serving approach to euro crisisFrançois Hollande made his debut on the European summitry stage in May and June last year as the anti-Merkel, the first European leader of weight to openly challenge the German chancellor's austerity prescriptions as the best medicine for curing...
guardian.co.uk (17 days ago)
French President Francois Hollande arrived in New Delhi on Thursday on a two-day visit which is expected to include talks to finalise the purchase of Rafale fighter jets from Dassault Aviation.
india.com (3 months and 4 days ago)
French President François Hollande met Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on Thursday (February 14) to deepen strategic partnership between both nations.
palmbeachpost.com (3 months and 4 days ago)
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