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 high-pressure hose manufacturer Kärcher has appealed to candidates in the French presidential campaign to stop using its name in discussions about crime. https://www.thelocal.de/20161020/german-hosemaker-blasts-use-of-name-in-french-election-campaign Thu, 20 Oct 2016 11:13:01 +0200 german-hosemaker-blasts-use-of-name-in-french-election-campaign Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will attend the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) conference in Cologne and rekindle his partnership with Chancellor Angela Merkel. https://www.thelocal.de/20141202/merkozy-to-ride-again-at-cdu-conference Tue, 02 Dec 2014 09:59:00 +0100 merkozy-to-ride-again-at-cdu-conference As the German economy shines, next door France plunges into recession, shedding jobs and losing its top credit rating. But President Nicolas Sarkozy has a plan to save the country, by making it more like Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20120115/40123 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:24:00 +0100 40123 German Chancellor Angela Merkel will receive French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Berlin on January 9 to prepare for a European Union summit on January 30, it was confirmed on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20120102/39871 Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:56:00 +0100 39871 The scene is familiar – a drunk butler desperately maintains the illusion for his deluded mistress who refuses to see all her friends are gone – but a reworked version of the cult “Dinner for One” sketch features Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel. https://www.thelocal.de/20111230/39825 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:10:00 +0100 39825 The leaders of Germany and France said the European Central Bank would not get a bigger role in alleviating the continent’s debt troubles, following a crisis meeting in Strasbourg. https://www.thelocal.de/20111124/39099 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 19:04:00 +0100 39099 Chancellor Angela Merkel met French President Nicolas Sarkozy and other key European figures in Frankfurt ahead of this weekend’s Brussels summit on the Greek debt crisis. https://www.thelocal.de/20111020/38321 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:41:00 +0200 38321 France's Nicolas Sarkozy and Germany's Angela Merkel vowed to give the eurozone bloc a "true economic government" Tuesday, but experts said their pledges were not enough to defuse the debt crisis. https://www.thelocal.de/20110816/36997 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:12:00 +0200 36997 The German government is struggling to maintain its line against the issue of eurobonds to try to stem the European debt crisis, with opposition parties and heavyweight European figures lining up to push the idea. https://www.thelocal.de/20110815/36963 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:47:00 +0200 36963 Chancellor Angela Merkel is to hold crisis talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy next week in a bid to solve the eurozone debt crisis amid continuing turmoil in financial markets. https://www.thelocal.de/20110811/36907 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:56:00 +0200 36907 The leaders of Germany and France joined US President Barack Obama on Friday in pledging to consider new steps to punish Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad and his government over "indiscriminate" attacks on civilians. https://www.thelocal.de/20110806/36789 Sat, 06 Aug 2011 13:54:00 +0200 36789 Germany's opposition parties have poured scorn on the compromise brokered between Angela Merkel and French president Nicolas Sarkozy on a new Greek bailout package, which calls for the private sector to contribute voluntarily. https://www.thelocal.de/20110618/35743 Sat, 18 Jun 2011 16:40:00 +0200 35743 German Chancellor Angela Merkel moved Wednesday to silence fears of a eurozone break-up, saying that although some members faced tough challenges, Europe's paymaster would not desert them. https://www.thelocal.de/20101215/31813 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 09:32:00 +0100 31813 German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday presented a common front against eurobonds as a way out of the eurozone crisis, a week before an EU summit. https://www.thelocal.de/20101210/31735 Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:30:00 +0100 31735 Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy will host Russia's President Dimitry Medvedev next week at a seafront summit designed to bind Moscow more closely into a partnership with the West. https://www.thelocal.de/20101016/30531 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 12:19:00 +0200 30531 Angela Merkel's spokesman has said the chancellor would welcome a personal appeal by France's First Lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, to the German parliament for more international aid. https://www.thelocal.de/20100924/30053 Fri, 24 Sep 2010 12:30:00 +0200 30053 Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle on Friday repudiated statements by French President Nicolas Sarkozy that Germany is planning deportations of Roma people similar to the controversial programme in France. https://www.thelocal.de/20100917/29883 Fri, 17 Sep 2010 10:40:00 +0200 29883 France and Germany will table joint proposals at a European Union summit this week to withhold voting rights from countries that break the bloc's fiscal rules, the leaders of the two countries said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20100614/27845 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:44:00 +0200 27845 Germany's national bank, the Deutsche Bundesbank, has shown signs of irritation that the European Central Bank (ECB) has chosen to buy the state bonds of highly indebted eurozone countries. https://www.thelocal.de/20100530/27529 Sun, 30 May 2010 15:51:00 +0200 27529 French President Nicolas Sarkozy muscled Chancellor Angela Merkel by threatening to pull his country out of the euro currency union unless Germany helped Greece with its debt crisis, a Spanish newspaper reported Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20100514/27197 Fri, 14 May 2010 13:31:00 +0200 27197