Eurozone

Budget Battles

  • Record unemployment, low inflation underline Europe's pain

    Record unemployment, low inflation underline Europe's pain

    By Robin Emmott and Ingrid Melander, Reuters

    BRUSSELS/PARIS (Reuters) - Unemployment has reached a new high in the euro zone and inflation remains well below the European Central Bank's target, stepping up pressure on EU leaders and the ECB for...

  • Germans irked as Hollande says EU cannot dictate French reforms

    Germans irked as Hollande says EU cannot dictate French reforms

    By Mark John and Andreas Rinke, Reuters

    PARIS/BERLIN (Reuters) - President Francois Hollande pledged on Thursday to carry out long overdue reforms of France's pension system and labor markets but said it was up to Paris, not the European...

  • Could youth vote stir up next European elections?

    Could youth vote stir up next European elections?

    By Anders Melin, Reuters

    BRUSSELS (Reuters) - For decades, elections to the European Parliament have been dismissed as secondary affairs, with turnout declining at every ballot since direct polling began in 1979. But...

  • Analysis: Hungary hails victory of 'Orbanomics' but there's a cost

    Analysis: Hungary hails victory of 'Orbanomics' but there's a cost

    By Krisztina Than and Michael Winfrey, Reuters

    BUDAPEST/PRAGUE (Reuters) - The leaflets dropping into Hungarians' mailboxes this month told citizens the economy has turned a corner, whatever foreign critics might think. Emblazoned with the red,...

  • Hollande reform defiance sparks German anger

    Hollande reform defiance sparks German anger

    By Mark John and Andreas Rinke, Reuters

    PARIS/BERLIN (Reuters) - President Francois Hollande's insistence that the EU executive can't "dictate" reforms to France has outraged Angela Merkel's conservatives, hours before the German leader...