https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed France and Germany have agreed on the broad outlines of a proposed eurozone budget which they will present to EU finance ministers in Brussels on Monday, a French finance ministry source said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181117/paris-berlin-agree-on-future-eurozone-budget-french-ministry-source Sat, 17 Nov 2018 11:03:31 +0100 paris-berlin-agree-on-future-eurozone-budget-french-ministry-source France's President Emmanuel Macron and Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday announced common plans on a plethora of EU reforms ahead of a crunch end-June summit that could determine the future of the bloc. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180620/germany-france-eurozone-reform-ideas Wed, 20 Jun 2018 11:01:15 +0200 germany-france-eurozone-reform-ideas France and Germany are "determined" to reach a compromise on President Emmanuel Macron's proposals for a shake-up of the eurozone, a French government source told AFP on Sunday after marathon talks between the two countries. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180610/france-and-germany-push-for-compromise-on-eurozone-reform Sun, 10 Jun 2018 17:21:19 +0200 france-and-germany-push-for-compromise-on-eurozone-reform Germany and France on Saturday pledged to deliver a joint proposal to reform the eurozone in time for a leaders summit in June, despite their big differences on the future of the bloc. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180428/france-and-germany-pledge-eurozone-reform-plan-by-june Sat, 28 Apr 2018 17:44:34 +0200 france-and-germany-pledge-eurozone-reform-plan-by-june French President Emmanuel Macron heads to Berlin Thursday for talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel, hoping to breathe fresh life into his grand vision for EU reforms in the face of growing German resistance. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180419/macron-visits-merkel-in-bid-to-salvage-eu-reform-plans Thu, 19 Apr 2018 10:49:07 +0200 macron-visits-merkel-in-bid-to-salvage-eu-reform-plans French President Emmanuel Macron's vision for a stronger European Union may be in tatters as a growing rift emerges with Germany on everything from defence to his plans for deeper eurozone integration. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180418/germany-hits-brakes-on-macrons-european-dreams Wed, 18 Apr 2018 10:50:05 +0200 germany-hits-brakes-on-macrons-european-dreams French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday they would come up with a roadmap for a major shake-up of the European Union by June, despite resistance to Macron's ambitious reform agenda from smaller members of the bloc. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180317/macron-merkel-promise-eu-reform-roadmap-by-june Sat, 17 Mar 2018 02:28:01 +0100 macron-merkel-promise-eu-reform-roadmap-by-june Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Friday cautioned Berlin and Paris not to try to push through their ambitious EU reform plans against the will of other member states. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180317/dutch-pm-warns-macron-merkel-against-dictating-eu-reforms Sat, 17 Mar 2018 02:18:29 +0100 dutch-pm-warns-macron-merkel-against-dictating-eu-reforms Germany and France will offer their joint vision for reforming the eurozone by March, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday, in an effort to bridge divisions over the future of the single currency. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171215/france-and-germany-to-unveil-eurozone-reforms-in-march Fri, 15 Dec 2017 16:34:33 +0100 france-and-germany-to-unveil-eurozone-reforms-in-march French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday pleaded his case for ambitious European reforms, appealing to German Chancellor Angela Merkel to join forces with him and enter the debate. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171010/macron-urges-merkel-to-fight-for-eu-reforms Tue, 10 Oct 2017 19:06:09 +0200 macron-urges-merkel-to-fight-for-eu-reforms Germany's right-wing populist AfD believes that France and southern European countries should be excluded from Europe's common currency, the party's top officials said, AFP reported. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160424/german-populists-want-france-excluded-from-euro Sun, 24 Apr 2016 18:26:24 +0200 german-populists-want-france-excluded-from-euro France warned Britain on Friday it could not expect to win veto powers over closer integration of the eurozone single currency area in talks on its own future in the EU. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160212/france-fires-warning-to-britain-over-eurozone-veto Fri, 12 Feb 2016 14:13:52 +0100 france-fires-warning-to-britain-over-eurozone-veto Eurozone finance ministers approved on Friday a third bailout worth up to €86 billion to keep Greece in the single currency in return for an unprecedented package of reforms that Athens had previously rejected. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150815/eurozone-approves-greek-bailout-in-return-for-far-reaching-reforms Sat, 15 Aug 2015 11:38:23 +0200 eurozone-approves-greek-bailout-in-return-for-far-reaching-reforms As the clearly strained talks continued on Monday to find a deal to keep Greece in the euro the Franco-German partnership is almost in open conflict with some in France accusing Germany of seeking to "destroy Europe for the third time in history". https://www.thelocal.fr/20150713/franco-german-relations-greece-eurozone-grexit Mon, 13 Jul 2015 10:29:03 +0200 franco-german-relations-greece-eurozone-grexit Greece on Sunday faced a final EU summit to clinch a deal that would stop Athens crashing out of the euro after divided eurozone ministers halted "very difficult" talks on a new bailout overnight. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150712/greece-faces-d-day-as-bailout-talks-resume Sun, 12 Jul 2015 11:57:34 +0200 greece-faces-d-day-as-bailout-talks-resume With 'Grexit' (Greek exit from the euro) looking increasingly likely on Monday, Germany remained at the centre of efforts to keep it in the single currency. Catch up on a day of dramatic action here. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150629/live-blog-greece-merkel-bundestag-grexit-eurozone Mon, 29 Jun 2015 11:42:33 +0200 live-blog-greece-merkel-bundestag-grexit-eurozone Greece will remain in the euro zone despite the collapse of talks with creditors to avert default, France's Finance Minister Michel Sapin said on Saturday, saying that Paris was always ready to restart talks. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150628/no-greek-exit-from-eurozone-says-sapin Sun, 28 Jun 2015 15:27:39 +0200 no-greek-exit-from-eurozone-says-sapin EU finance ministers are "sad" about Greece's decision to put creditors' austerity measures to a referendum on July 5 and say they will not extend Greece's bail-out deal on June 30, in a move which could trigger a banking collapse. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150627/greece-referendum-bombshell-causes-euro-havoc Sat, 27 Jun 2015 17:25:04 +0200 greece-referendum-bombshell-causes-euro-havoc French celebrity economist Thomas Piketty tells The Local that the radical Franco-German plan for a deeper, stronger eurozone "fails to meet Europe's main challenge". https://www.thelocal.fr/20150604/thomas-piketty-franco-german-plan-eurozone Thu, 04 Jun 2015 15:25:08 +0200 thomas-piketty-franco-german-plan-eurozone The radical Franco-German plan for a deeper, more united and more robust eurozone has been described in some quarters as a “quantum leap” for Europe. Here’s a closer look at what Paris and Berlin plan. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150604/teenage-erasmus-to-tobin-tax-franco-german-plan-for-eurzone Thu, 04 Jun 2015 14:07:07 +0200 teenage-erasmus-to-tobin-tax-franco-german-plan-for-eurzone