Angela Merkel
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Hungary: ‘Orbán’s dilemma with Merkel’
22 May 20133111PresseuropNépszabadság -
Political union: Hollande takes up Merkel’s challenge
17 May 2013668PresseuropLe Monde, Die Welt -
Hungary: ‘Stern warning from Merkel’
17 May 20135410PresseuropNépszava -
Germany: A chancellor made in the GDR
15 May 201386638 Welt am Sonntag Berlin -
France: ‘A year later, Hollande isolated in Europe’
3 May 2013369PresseuropLe Figaro -
Greece: The milking
29 April 20139711 To Ethnos Athens -
France-Germany: ‘The big chill’
29 April 201314949PresseuropLe Figaro, Le Monde -
European Union: Cameron-Merkel, a courting couple
15 April 201324567 The Times London -
Germany: ‘Merkel’s bogeyman’
15 April 2013537PresseuropDie Tageszeitung -
Germany-Russia: ‘Good face’
8 April 2013322PresseuropDie Welt -
Cyprus: The crisis? Merkel’s fault, of course!
19 March 2013816139 El Mundo Madrid -
Central Europe: Merkel and Hollande join Visegrad Group
7 March 20138322PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza, Pravda -
Italy: Merkel’s Europe hits the skids in Rome
27 February 2013227228 Il Sole-24 Ore Milan -
Germany: ‘Steadfast among the ruins’
11 February 201314PresseuropDie Tageszeitung -
France-Allemagne: ‘The strong euro: new Hollande and Merkel row’
7 February 201340PresseuropLe Figaro -
Eurozone crisis: Hollande stands alone
6 February 20138598PresseuropLes Echos, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung -
France-Germany: ‘La Boum — Die Fete’
23 January 201317PresseuropDie Welt -
France-Germany: Love burns bright with 50 birthday candles
21 January 201317863 Le Monde Paris -
Germany-Greece: The Little Match Girl
9 January 201311826 To Ethnos Athens -
Economy: Merkel shepherds us away from the fiscal cliff
3 January 201316550 NRC Handelsblad Amsterdam -
2012 in cartoons: Who said anything about inflation risk?
27 December 201218 Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich -
2012 in cartoons: May I cut in, Nicolas?
25 December 201243 Svenska Dagbladet Stockholm -
Debt crisis: Europe survives the year
21 December 201227260 El País Madrid -
Germany: Angela forever?
5 December 201253 Cicero Berlin -
Germany-Russia: Warm relations
19 November 201225 Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich -
The front page: 13 November 2012
13 November 201214PresseuropThe Malta Independent, El Periódico de Catalunya, Público & 4 others -
Eurozone crisis: The sick man of Europe is France
12 November 2012197144 Les Echos Paris -
Zone euro : Doctor Merkel and her lethargic patients
8 November 20126531PresseuropSüddeutsche Zeitung, Le Temps -
European Council: Parallel universes
19 October 201258 Basler Zeitung Basel -
European Council: Banking union project fudged
19 October 2012160119 The Daily Telegraph London -
Greece-Germany: Those mad, bad and sad Anti-Merkelites
10 October 2012261120 Coulisses de Bruxelles Brussels -
Greece-Germany: She comes too late
10 October 201213722 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Frankfurt -
Greece-Germany: Courtesy call
9 October 201243 Neues Deutschland Berlin -
Greece: Angela Merkel is no miracle-worker
9 October 20124327PresseuropI Kathimerini, To Vima -
Germany: Inheritance
3 October 201234 Cicero Berlin -
Germany: Try a little tenderness
24 September 201231 Neues Deutschland Berlin -
Editorial: American style Germany
14 September 20126040Presseurop -
Germany-Greece: Apocalypse postponed
24 August 201250 The Independent London -
Debate: Europe is like 19th century Japan
6 August 201228937 Svenska Dagbladet Stockholm -
Eurozone crisis: Mario Draghi — saviour or executioner?
3 August 201211774PresseuropABC, El País, Corriere della Sera & 4 others -
Eurozone: The day we’ll find out what Germany wants
1 August 2012115114 La Vanguardia Barcelona -
Eurozone crisis: The euro is coming to an end
30 July 201232093 Die Welt Berlin -
Germany: Media all lined up behind the Chancellor
12 July 2012234260 Die Tageszeitung Berlin -
Debate: We’ll always have Paris
6 July 201212582 El País Madrid -
Germany: Economists do battle over Merkel’s policy
6 July 20126125PresseuropDer Spiegel, Handelsblatt -
European Council: A stress test for the Europeans
27 June 20126561 El País Madrid -
Eurozone: Germany — make the bad choice, not the disastrous one
26 June 2012195202 Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich -
Debt crisis: In the saddle
25 June 201242 Le Monde Paris -
European Union: Why German Europe is a non-starter
21 June 2012294165 Gazeta Wyborcza Warsaw -
Eurozone crisis: Germany driving up wrong side of the road
19 June 2012622252 Der Spiegel Hamburg
Where does Angela Merkel come from? How has she formed her political ideas? The Germans, like other Europeans, often ask these questions. As the September elections approach, a biography sets out to find the key to her success in her childhood in the GDR. 
As David Cameron’s recent visit shows, a growing band of people in Germany support the British PM’s tough approach to the EU. Ahead of Germany’s September election, Chancellor Angela Merkel looks quite tempted to align herself with Britain’s open market ideas, rather than those of protectionist France. 
The aid plan launched by the Eurogroup in return for a tax levied on Cyprian bank deposits has provoked violent reactions. Germany is often accused of wanting to punish a struggling country. However, it’s not the Chancellor who is to blame for the mistakes of the island, writes an economist. 
The voters rejected the tutelage of Mario Monti and Angela Merkel, sabotaging the Chancellor's strategy of postponing the euro crisis until after Germany's September elections. To avoid a complete disintegration of the European consensus, the integration process must get back on track now. 
Paris and Berlin may be celebrating the anniversary of the Elysée Treaty, which founded their reconciliation, but their marriage has hit the rocks. The French are making faces at the economic success of the Germans, who aren’t holding back when it comes to pointing out the weaknesses of their neighbours. But we have to keep the love alive. 
The last minute negotiations in Washington to avoid a budget shortfall show that short-termism is well grounded in US politics. And by contrast, it shows that despite her controversial handling of the euro crisis, the German chancellor is wise enough to instead push for long-term solutions. 
The year 2012 seemed pretty dangerous for the eurozone and the whole of the EU. But the worst did not come to pass, especially since Angela Merkel made concessions, which allowed Mario Draghi, President of the ECB to intervene. However, in 2013, Europeans will still have to remain vigilant. 
The German government is increasingly concerned as well as outspoken about France's economic situation and its inability to act. Authorities in Paris are aware of the slump in industry but nonetheless irritated by the German pressure. 
EU leaders have decided to move forward with a banking union, but much more slowly than they had agreed last June. German procrastination and collective timidity are to blame, laments the Daily Telegraph’s Brussels correspondent. 
Angela Merkel’s 9 October visit to Athens gave rise to demonstrations in the course of which the chancellor was caricatured as Hitler. Excesses bordering on stupidity that prevent the Greeks from facing up to their responsibilities, argues a French journalist. 
A sign of good will, a symbol, a gesture.... The German press has hailed Angela Merkel’s goodwill visit to Greece, but it is too little, and comes too late, complains a FAZ columnist. 
A fragmented territory controlled by local potentates with a weak central government that is not taken seriously by the rest of the world: the EU now resembles Japan in 1860s, argues a Swedish journalist. But the construction of a real European political power could prove to be counter-productive. 
The ECB will probably intervene, but states will have to ask for help first. The message delivered by the President of the European Central Bank raises serious reactions in the European press, which questions whether Draghi really has the power or not. 
The meeting of the European Central Bank of August 2 has been declared crucial for Spain and Italy, who are waiting for help. This will be the moment we find out who in Germany — be it the Chancellor or the President of the Bundesbank — is to decide on its position on the crisis. 
Draghi, Merkel, Hollande and Juncker may be fond of standing behind the euro in a demonstrative display of unity. It no longer makes sense, writes the Die Welt am Sonntag. Europe's differences are too big for a single currency. 
Since the outset of the eurozone crisis, the German media has been guilty of promulgating stereotypes and clichés about other countries. This has shaped Angela Merkel's divisive European polices, argues Austrian author Robert Misik. 
The economic woes endured by Greece, Spain and Italy, as well as the intricacies of Germany’s decision-making process, have long hogged the stage. But one country remains crucial to Europe’s future, where the debate on Europe could be revived: François Hollande’s France. 
By offering greater control over national budgets and banks, the heads of EU institutions are taking up the federalist challenge launched by Germany. But this solution risks provoking resistance from some member states – without weakening the attacks from the markets. 
The finale of the euro has begun, warns the Süddeutsche Zeitung, and Angela Merkel will have to decide before the EU summit whether and how Germany can save the common currency. 
It's become a commonplace Berlin is to impose its political vision and economic order upon the EU. Not so simple, says a Gazeta Wyborcza columnist, because its social model is in decline and it is no more prepared than its partner political union. 
Angela Merkel and Germany's quality and tabloid press would have have it that the world is out only for the Bundesrepublik's riches. Not only untrue, laments the editor of German weekly Der Freitag, but also dangerous for the future of Europe and democracy. - 1 of 2
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