https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday hailed the results of an EU summit in Brussels that backed her demands for sweeping reforms to deal with future financial crises and ensure the stability of the euro. https://www.thelocal.de/20101029/30837 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 11:28:00 +0200 30837 Chancellor Angela Merkel Wednesday rode to the defence of a controversial Franco-German plan to toughen Europe's fiscal rules, saying the EU faced political gridlock without Paris and Berlin. https://www.thelocal.de/20101027/30795 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 17:14:00 +0200 30795 A German drive to rewrite the European Union treaty suffered a fierce backlash on Tuesday, putting the creation and shape of a permanent safety net for overspending euro nations back in doubt. https://www.thelocal.de/20101026/30763 Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:41:00 +0200 30763 A Franco-German drive to undertake a risky rewrite of the European Union's hard-fought Lisbon Treaty to tighten budgetary discipline among eurozone countries sparked fresh criticism from other EU member states on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20101025/30743 Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:09:00 +0200 30743 A conservative German politician is reportedly fuming that the European Union's new diplomatic corps apparently sees little use for the language of Goethe and Schiller, preferring instead English and French skills. https://www.thelocal.de/20100913/29787 Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:07:00 +0200 29787 Outgoing Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier welcomed the decision by Poland on Saturday to ratify the Lisbon Treaty to reform the European Union. https://www.thelocal.de/20091010/22479 Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:46:00 +0200 22479 The EU's Lisbon reform treaty cleared a major hurdle on Friday as Germany's upper house approved laws paving the way to its ratification following months of political wrangling and heated debate. https://www.thelocal.de/20090918/22009 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:40:00 +0200 22009 The EU's Lisbon reform treaty took a significant step closer to coming into force on Tuesday as Germany's parliament passed a revised law paving the way to its ratification. https://www.thelocal.de/20090908/21791 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:29:00 +0200 21791 Germany's ruling parties have reached broad agreement on a bill that will allow the country to ratify the Lisbon Treaty, a parliamentary whip said on Tuesday, removing a key hurdle to a broad reform of the European Union. https://www.thelocal.de/20090818/21323 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:17:00 +0200 21323 German Chancellor Angela Merkel has made a thinly veiled attack on Britain's eurosceptic main opposition Conservative Party, who are currently riding high in opinion polls. https://www.thelocal.de/20090511/19193 Mon, 11 May 2009 10:06:00 +0200 19193