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Italian Government

George Bush to summon leaders to emergency finance summit

George Bush is expected to summon Gordon Brown and other European leaders to an emergency summit to discuss the economic crisis. By Andrew Porter and James Kirkup President Bush urged his European counterparts to coordinate...

Disarray in Europe as governments struggle to agree coordinated action

Damage limitation exercise under way but Spain may follow German unilateral guarantee to depositors Germany's go-it-alone decision to prevent a run on its banks by guaranteeing up to €1 trillion of individuals' deposits was...

Europe's Domino Effect

LONDON - A variety of government interventions have suddenly sprung up across the continent since Sunday: Iceland is drafting a plan to bring its banks back from the brink; Britain's treasury secretary is "looking at some...

Europe Scrambles as the Credit Crisis Goes Global (Time.com)

By BRUCE CRUMLEY / PARIS 21 minutes ago So much for European unity. Less than 24 hours after leaders of the European Union's four largest countries gathered in Paris Saturday to pledge a collective defense in the global...

Germany: union organises celebration for Chancellor Merkel at VW works

By Dietmar Henning 6 October 2008 On September 23, the Volkswagen Works Council organised a festival for Chancellor Angela Merkel (Christian Democratic Union, CDU). “The occasion was perfect,” wrote Die Zeit about the meeting...

German deposits guarantee blows hole in EU's action plan

Angela Merkel, the chancellor, said in Berlin: "We're saying to savers that their deposits are secure." Their comments came hours after it emerged that the EU is forcing Ireland to substantially change its plans to offer all...

French rescue hopes sunk by Angela Merkel’s move on savings

President Sarkozy’s ambition of leading a united Europe through the global financial turmoil appeared to have sunk last night as Angela Merkel moved to guarantee German savings. The German Chancellor’s initiative may have...

Editorial: The storm hits Europe

The financial storm is now on Europe's doorstep. When New Labour changed the rules of economic policymaking, politicians all over Europe were united by their desire to avoid offending the financial markets by putting anything...

Europe fights financial storm as bank deal collapses

AFP, PARIS - The leaders of Europe's four main economic powers vowed to protect fragile banks in their fight against the global credit crisis as the biggest rescue in German financial history collapsed.France, Germany, Britain...

World economic crisis: France moves into recession

The French premier, Francois Fillon, today warned that the world was "on the edge of the abyss" as his country moved into an official recession. Fillon's comments, blaming an "irresponsible" financial system, came as the Dutch...

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