Tagged with "angela merkel"

Time will not prove as kind to Angela Merkel

Time Magazine has named Angela Merkel Person of the Year. She's certainly been Europe's lead actor. But her European policies, in the long term, may well destroy the EU, and add more thunder to those calling for Britain to leave
by Chris Carter - 12 December 2015
Merkel set to win Nobel prize after disastrous year for Europe

UPDATE: In the end, it went to the National Dialogue Quartet in Tunisia. But why was Merkel even in the running? For bringing social devastation to Europe and exacerbating a refugee crisis that is causing mayhem across the continent?
by Rob Comley - 9 October 2015
Germany: The dominating puppet-master of Europe

Under German leadership, the EU has become an aggressive beast, no longer willing to try and secure agreements through concessions and negotiations. This authoritarian logic is inherent in a modern European project now clearly run by Germans
by Chris Carter - 12 August 2015
“A German Europe” -- Joschka Fischer speaks out

When even Germany's former foreign minister, the highly influential Joschka Fischer, starts warning of "European protectorates", you know that the EU has entered a frightening and dangerous new phase, which Britain must not be part of
by Sir John Redwood MP - 5 August 2015
Will Germany pay the Euro’s bills after all?

The euro crisis is really coming to a head now. The key question is whether Germany will ultimately stand behind a currency zone that just doesn't work
by Sir John Redwood MP - 21 January 2015
Germany is sick, and it's taking Europe down

It was not primarily Greece that wrecked the Eurozone. It was Germany. The country is the real sick man of Europe, and the disease may be terminal
by Robin Mitchinson - 18 October 2014
Things are stirring in the EU

The prospect that the EU’s second largest cash-cow might leave the EU altogether could get many countries to club together and at least give Cameron something to sell Britons so as to stay in the EU
by Robin Mitchinson - 31 March 2014
Dave, Angela and the UK's relationship with the EU

David Cameron's plans for repatriating powers from Brussels still look too much like waffle, and too little like something meaningful and concrete
by Robin Mitchinson - 18 March 2014
Euro madness lost in translation, except in German

The latest cretin level stupidity over Greece is funny, unless you're a German taxpayer... paying for it...
by The Commentator - 26 August 2013
The abdication of Europe’s centre-Right

Genuine competition eludes the mainstream European Left and Right because they have too much in common. The ultimate consequences could be explosive
by Tom Gallagher - 11 August 2013
A European prize for Ireland’s spineless leader

The future of Ireland is 'shredded' as hundreds of thousands pour out. How this all came to pass is becoming more and more a matter of public fury, writes Tom Gallagher
by Tom Gallagher - 30 June 2013
Everyone's a social democrat these days in Europe

Angela Merkel lets the mask slip for what is supposedly the European Right in extolling the "social market economy"...
by Yorker - 28 June 2013
The German "diktat" and its discontents

The German "diktat" towards austerity is keeping its neighbours afloat. But if Germany changes its mind, all bets are off, and default awaits...
by Fabio Rafael Fiallo - 31 May 2013
Germany’s election a harbinger for change throughout EU

A hit for Merkel at the polls would continue the travails of right-leaning governments throughout Europe, making the narrative of voters rejecting austerity look irresistible
by George Robinson - 8 April 2013
Nazi flags waved in Cyprus as anti-Germany protests continue

Europeans are taking aim at Germany after the latest raft of austerity across the continent, and the Cypriot bailout, causes social unrest
by The Commentator - 26 March 2013