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François Hollande steals the show at his first late-night EU summit but the ball remains firmly in Angela Merkel’s court. Her constituents remain torn between paying for pain they don’t (yet) feel and shouldering the blame for an eventual collapse of the euro.
François Hollande steals the show at his first late-night EU summit but the ball remains firmly in Angela Merkel’s court. Her constituents remain torn between paying for pain they don’t (yet) feel and shouldering the blame for an eventual collapse of the euro.
European leaders gathering for an EU policy summit Wednesday night said they were committed to Greece remaining in the eurozone and following its austerity programme. France also defended euro bonds, despite German opposition to the idea.
French President François Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel remained in disagreement over solutions to Europe's debt crisis, specifically on the issue of euro bonds and Greece, as they joined other EU leaders for a key summit Wednesday.
We're barely out of a bruising presidential battle and already plunged into another campaign for the parliamentary elections, with 77 constituencies up for grabs. The Socialists are hoping to obtain a clear majority, while the right is hoping to pull off an upset, with the far-right National Front once again playing kingmaker.
Just hours after his inauguration, the new French president flew to Berlin to meet the German chancellor. The two leaders had never met before, but Hollande and Merkel pledged to work together to resolve Europe's economic crisis. But can the new Franco-German tandem overcome its political differences?
German Chancellor Angela Merkel told caretaker President Karolos Papoulias in a phone call Friday that Greece should hold a referendum on staying in the eurozone when it holds new polls on June 17. The idea was rejected by Greece's two main parties.
