Reuters
For six decades, Germany heeded Nobel laureate Thomas Mann's advice to seek “not a German Europe, but a European Germany”.
The euro zone crisis appears to have swept this post-war caution aside. Two years into the debt disaster, Germany (...)
Reuters
Praise for Angela Merkel's tough negotiating skills in forcing through a deal on European budget rules has given way to warnings that the chancellor risks using up her political credit among Germans.
Britain's rejection of last week's (...)
“I LOVE Italy, I fly Alitalia,” was the slogan Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi coined after his re-election.
Months later, a patriotic rescue bid for the airline has failed and he faces the prospect of liquidating a symbol of national (...)
