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Column: The European Union's unending quandary
Reuters(Reuters) - The pace of European disintegration continues to quicken. Recession deepens in the 17-member euro zone. It is now the longest downturn since the currency was launched in 2000. In Italy, a new left-right government, launched on an anti-...Tags: Pension and Welfare, Career and Workplace, Unions, George Soros, Foreign Exchange Market
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COLUMN - The European Union's unending quandary
Reuters(John Lloyd is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By John Lloyd May 21 (Reuters) - The pace of European disintegration continues to quicken. Recession deepens in the 17-member euro zone. It is now the longest downturn since the currency...Tags: Pension and Welfare, Career and Workplace, Unions, George Soros, Foreign Exchange Market
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ANALYSIS-German households pay for lower industrial power prices
Reuters* German wholesale power is cheaper than in France, Netherlands * Cheaper industrial power paid for by soaring household bills * Ways sought to rein in household bill explosion By Henning Gloystein and Vera Eckert LONDON/FRANKFURT, May 21 (Reuters)...Tags: Renewable Energy, Prices, France, Waste Management and Pollution Control, Energy Saving
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Analysis: German households pay for lower industrial power prices
ReutersLONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German households are paying for ever cheaper wholesale power supplies to industry as the government uses money from soaring domestic bills to subsidize renewable energy, in turn creating overcapacity on the country's grid....Tags: Renewable Energy, Prices, Waste Management and Pollution Control, Energy Saving, France
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Germany's Bundesbank says second quarter growth to show definite improvement, risks remain
AP Business WriterFRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Germany's central bank expects the country's economy to improve "markedly" in the second quarter — a development that could boost the wider eurozone as it struggles to get out of recession. The Bundesbank said...Tags: Government Debt, Central Bank, Money and Monetary Policy, European Central Bank, Finance
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France must reform or face punitive measures: EU's Oettinger
ReutersBERLIN (Reuters) - France should only be granted more time from the European Commission to cut its deficit if it also introduces reform measures, EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger was quoted saying on Monday. Oettinger, a former state premier...Tags: Religion and Belief, Christianity, France, Public Finance, International Organizations
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EU energy chief says EU to look at fracking this year
ReutersFRANKFURT (Reuters) - Environmental concerns over the practice of hydraulic fracturing to tap shale gas will be on the European Union's agenda this year, EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger told a German newspaper. "It is absolutely right to seek...Tags: Energy Resources, Petroleum Industry, International Organizations, Germany, Politics
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Germans blame euro zone crisis for Eurovision debacle
ReutersBERLIN, May 19 (Reuters) - Germans lamented their unexpectedly poor showing at the Eurovision Song Contest, blaming Chancellor Angela Merkel's tough stance in the euro zone crisis for their failure to win any points from 34 of the 39 countries voting....Tags: Eurovision Song Contest (tv program), Germany, Denmark
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Pope decries more concern over banks than people; leads Vatican rally, meets with Merkel
Associated PressVATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis lamented that investment losses by banks trigger more alarm in the economic crisis than the struggle of people to feed their families, as he led a huge rally Saturday to invigorate the church's moral conscience,...Tags: Pakistan, The Pope, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Germany
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Church must help the poorest, not dissect theology, pope says
ReutersVATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis shared personal moments with 200,000 people on Saturday, telling them he sometimes nods off while praying at the end of a long day and that it "breaks my heart" that the death of a homeless person is not news....Tags: Religion and Belief, Christianity, Political Corruption, Pentecost, Francis I
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Germany's Merkel visits Pope, urges tougher market controls
ReutersVATICAN CITY (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Pope Francis on Saturday and, apparently responding to his criticism of a heartless "dictatorship of the economy", called for stronger regulation of financial markets. On Thursday, Francis...Tags: Entertainment, The Pope, G20, Music, Religious Leaders
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Alemana Merkel visita al Papa y pide un control más estricto de mercados
ReutersPor James Mackenzie CIUDAD DEL VATICANO, 18 mayo (Reuters) - La canciller alemana, Angela Merkel, se reunió el sábado con el Papa Francisco y, aparentemente respondiendo a sus críticas de una despiadada "dictadura de la economía", pidió una...Tags: G20
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