Blog posts tagged "angela merkel"

May 15, 2012 9:44 pm 3 Comments

As Greece heads towards rerun elections, Channel 4 News Economics Editor Faisal Islam considers whether Europe is heading for a stormy political and economic earthquake

February 13, 2012 9:12 pm 9 Comments

Greece has voted in favour of the EU/IMF austerity package. But why is Germany pushing stability throughout Europe - and what is it hoping to achieve?

December 10, 2011 3:27 pm 56 Comments

What did the UK "win" in Brussels that justified deploying the tactical weapon of the veto?

November 17, 2011 4:20 pm 4 Comments

When David Cameron travels to Berlin to meet Chancellor Merkel, top of the agenda will be coaxing the European Central Bank in Frankfurt to act as last resort lender to the Eurozone's troubled nations reports Economics Editor Faisal Islam.

September 29, 2011 11:30 am 4 Comments

Greece is just one problem. The bigger picture is that markets seem to have factored in the expectation of a Super-Bazooka once Germany ratifies the EFSF.

November 16, 2010 11:56 am 2 Comments

Our Economics Editor says a German attempt to ensure that "financial fatcats" share the burden of dealing with credit excess has inadvertently made the Irish crisis even more toxic.

May 19, 2010 7:49 pm 14 Comments

Faisal Islam blogs on how the balance of power has shifted within the eurozone.

May 5, 2010 1:39 pm 5 Comments

Faisal Islam blogs on the lessons from Germany that the political parties could learn from