Bluff and brinksmanship: How Britain got a Brexit trade deal done
As trade talks with the United Kingdom ground to deadlock on Dec. 9, one European Union official summed up the mood in Brussels, writing in a memo: “The Brits ...…
Kohl to meet Orban in act seen as undermining German chancellor
Germany's former chancellor Helmut Kohl has emerged from retirement at the age of 86 to announce he is to meet Viktor Orban, apparently to offer the controversial Hungarian prime minister…
Merkel government under pressure over US spy scandal
Chancellor Angela Merkel's government faces growing pressure over claims that Germany helped the United States spy on EU leaders and companies, and that a ministry lied about it. Analysts expect…
Merkel government under pressure over US spy scandal
Chancellor Angela Merkel's government faces growing pressure over claims that Germany helped the United States spy on EU leaders and companies, and that a ministry lied about it. Analysts expect…
EU club retains appeal, despite internal troubles
European Union leaders kicked off a weekend of celebrations Friday to welcome Croatia into their fold, presenting a freshly signed "Welcome Croatia!" card to Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic during a…
New books offer insights into Germany’s ‘Mutti’ Merkel
You know a general election is looming in Germany when allegedly new revelations about the private life of Angela Merkel, Germany's studiously private chancellor, emerge. As the popular centre-right leader…
Make-or-break month for Merkel’s deputy Roesler
Germany's deputy chancellor, Philipp Roesler, faces a make-or-break month as head of the Free Democrats, with a key speech to his pro-business party Sunday and elections in his home state…
