Merkel Hints At Gentler Stance Towards Southern European States
Germany has been insistent on recession-hit countries adopting stricter fiscal policies
Germany has been insistent on recession-hit countries adopting stricter fiscal policies
Ninety percent of previous year's tax must be paid in advance
Too risky to hire full-time workers
Will not issue joint statement ahead of EU summit
What harm could a little more government possibly do?
How can they be lazy slackers if there's nobody to live off?
Critics call it an investment-discouraging, "third-world" policy
300,000 have left in the last four years
German taxpayers will be happy to hear that
What could possibly go wrong?
Made the comment during panel discussion with the French finance minister
Biggest increase in 20 years
From the bottom of a hole, everything is an improvement
Wants to work with fellow fiscal delinquent Spain to take EU's attention off austerity
France, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands will be in recession this year
Calls the country "Europe's biggest problem child" for its regulations and welfare state
But inflation is coming down, which is good for those who still have money
Want to make sure the bailout money keeps coming
To pave the way for investment and economic growth
Yes, Colombia is in better shape than Spain
Piraeus Bank raised the funds to escape state control
Germany not exempt from the rest of the monetary union's woes
To get out of the fiscal mess they've made
The German Chancellor made the comments a few months ahead of talks on a European "fiscal union"