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The Age
| over 1 year ago
Speaking in a national television interview, Sarkozy said the French government would have to find six billion to eight billion euros ($10.74 to $8.06 billion) in supplementary budget savings and that decisions on this would be taken "within 10 days".
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The Economic Times
| over 1 year ago
It was a mistake to let Greece join the euro single currency when it did because its economy was not ready to form a monetary union with others in the club, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Thursday. "It was a mistake," Sarkozy said, when...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| over 1 year ago
It was not ready," he said during a nationally-televised interview on the day European leaders clinched a deal to tackle the eurozone debt crisis. But asked if he had confidence that Greece can emerge from the crisis, Sarkozy said: "Yes, ... we have...
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China News
| over 1 year ago
Chinese President Hu Jintao discussed the European Union's new debt crisis relief plan in a phone hook-up with his French counterpart, Nicolas Sarkozy, Thursday. During their talk, Sarkozy briefed Hu on the just-concluded EU summit and the EU's...
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Guardian Unlimited
| over 1 year ago
George Osborne delivers a Commons statement on the eurozone deal. Photograph: PA The chancellor, George Osborne , has told MPs Britain stands ready to contribute extra resources to the IMF in the wake of the bailout package agreed at the emergency EU...
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The Guardian
| over 1 year ago
Nicolas Sarkozy, David Cameron and other ministers at an EU summit last year. Rex Features However else the outcome of the European Union and euro-area summits are judged in the coming weeks, one conclusion seems clear: the countries at the eurozone...
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Examiner
| over 1 year ago
French President Nicolas Sarkozy's office says in a statement that Sarkozy and Hu Jintao also "agreed to cooperate closely" at a summit next week of leaders of the Group of 20 leading world economies "in favor of growth and global stability."...
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Voice of America
| over 1 year ago
After overnight negotiations in Brussels, European Union leaders agreed on a deal forcing banks to accept 50 percent losses on Greek debt. They also agreed to shore up European banks along with the European Union's bailout fund. At a news conference...
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The Independent
| over 1 year ago
EPA; AP Eurozone leaders sealed a three-part deal today, which they hope will convince markets they have an effective response to the growing economic crisis. Officials in Brussels said an accord had been reached with banks on a 50% write-off of...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| over 1 year ago
French president Nicolas Sarkozy gave reporters details of the deal after talks which began at 4:00pm local time and lasted until the following morning...Private investors such as banks have agreed to a voluntary 50 per cent write-down of Greece's...
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Mail Online UK
| over 1 year ago
The European Parliament demanded a 5.7billion hike in expenditure for 2012 an increase of 5.23 per cent at a time when national governments are making cuts. The massive rise would cost British taxpayers an extra 834million, bringing the total cost to...
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The Independent
| over 1 year ago
After a difficult start following Cameron's ill-thought-out gesture of removing Tory MPs from the conservative grouping in the European Parliament, an action which aroused the particular ire of Chancellor Angela Merkel, Cameron has proved to be a...
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Adelaide Now
| over 1 year ago
European Union's 27 leaders to recapitalise banks were among accords overnight. Europe's leaders gathered to agree a long-awaited master plan to fix the eurozone debt crisis but there were increasing worries that the talks would fall below...
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The Guardian
| over 1 year ago
David Cameon with Angela Merkel at the European heads of states summit. Photograph: Olivier Hoslet/EPA David Cameron has challenged Germany to overturn a 60-year-old tradition and accept that the European Central Bank will have to play the key role...
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The independent
| over 1 year ago
There had been hopes the hastily-arranged gathering of leaders in Brussels would agree a deal to secure struggling eurozone members Prime Minister David Cameron has arrived in Brussels for another summit after risking the wrath of French President...
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The Guardian
| over 1 year ago
David Cameron addresses a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels on 23 October 2011. Photograph: Thierry Charlier/AP With the crunch EU summit today , it will seem very eccentric to many to raise the question now about whether Britain is well...
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Kuwait Times
| over 1 year ago
David Cameron has suffered the largest parliamentary rebellion of his premiership as 79 Conservative MPs defied him to vote in favor of a referendum on Britain's relationship with Europe. Cameron's government won the House of Commons vote late Monday...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| over 1 year ago
Story continues below After helping orchestrate the largest ever Conservative rebellion over Europe, senior backbench MP Mark Pritchard insisted it would become "more rather than less of an issue" in the months to come. However, Cameron played down...
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Mail Online UK
| over 1 year ago
The French President's tirade against Cameron suggests he knows that he, and France, are in serious trouble Last updated at 11:31 PM on 24th October 2011 Perhaps it lost something in translation, but the tirade by the French President Nicolas Sarkozy...
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Mail Online UK
| over 1 year ago
In a bizarre intervention, the Labour leader appeared to claim that David Cameron was wrong to urge eurozone leaders to sort out the crisis that has rocked the world economy. Instead he sided with the diminutive French premier, who urged Mr Cameron...
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KSAZ
| over 1 year ago
UK Prime Minister David Cameron faced rebellion in his own party Monday, as dozens of Conservative lawmakers defied him to back a nonbinding vote calling for a national referendum on Britain's membership in the European Union. The move was perhaps...
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Scoop
| over 1 year ago
British Prime Minister regrettably cancels trip to New Zealand 24 October 2011 The British Prime Minister, David Cameron has cancelled a visit to New Zealand to attend a European Council meeting this Wednesday in Brussels. The Council meeting has...
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Al Jazeera
| over 1 year ago
46 Britain's parliament has rejected a call for a national referendum on European Union membership on Monday, despite a large-scale rebellion against Prime Minister David Cameron by parliamentarians who wants to opt out of the bloc.
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Newyork Times
| over 1 year ago
Defying orders from the government, legislator after legislator from Mr. Cameron's Conservatives rose in Parliament to fulminate against his European policy, saying he had done nothing to stop the European Union from unfairly siphoning money,...
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International Herald Tribune
| over 1 year ago
Defying orders from the government, legislator after legislator from Mr. Cameron's Conservatives rose in Parliament to fulminate against his European policy, saying he had done nothing to stop the European Union from unfairly siphoning money,...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| over 1 year ago
But the rebellion is politically significant, particularly as polls suggest it has public support. A YouGov survey for the Sunday Times at the weekend found that 66 per cent of Britons back a referendum on European Union membership. "It's not the...
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Arab News
| over 1 year ago
Prime Minister David Cameron faced the biggest rebellion of his premiership on Monday with dozens of his own party members in Parliament set to back calls for a referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union. The debate reignites a long-...
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The Globe & Mail
| over 1 year ago
Unsurprisingly, the euro crisis may be ravaging the careers of many politicians, but few would have expected David Cameron to be among them. After all, the British Prime Minister leads a country that has stayed out of the euro zone, thanks to the...
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Al Jazeera English
| over 1 year ago
13 A spokesman for David Cameron, Britain's prime minister, has dismissed apparent criticism from France's president over the eurozone crisis, as the UK leader faced a battle at home over his country's membership of the European Union.
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International Business Times
| over 1 year ago
Get summaries of the top business news from a global perspective Sample Sarkozy apparently tried to block Cameron and representatives of other non Eurozone nations from the Belgian assembly, according to a report in the Daily Telegraph newspaper of...
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The Independent
| over 1 year ago
Prime Minister David Cameron today insisted he was right to stand up for Britain's interests in the European Union in exchanges which provoked a furious French President Nicolas Sarkozy to tell him to "shut up". Mr Cameron told MPs it was vital to...
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Canada.com
| over 1 year ago
Prime Minister David Cameron faced the biggest rebellion of his premiership on Monday with dozens of his own party members in parliament set to back calls for a referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union. The debate reignites a long-...
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AP Online
| over 1 year ago
Prime Minister David Cameron pleaded with Conservative Party lawmakers on Monday to drop their support for a national referendum on Britain leaving the European Union, comparing the bloc and its economic crisis to a house on fire that needs everyone'...
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Japan Times
| over 1 year ago
British Prime Minister David Cameron has postponed his Tuesday visit to Japan to attend a summit of eurozone leaders Wednesday in Brussels, Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura said Monday. The government was informed of the postponement by London,...
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| over 1 year ago
Search Type Choose a search type from the items below All News Yahoo! Prime Minister David Cameron pleaded with Conservative Party lawmakers on Monday to drop their support for a national referendum on Britain leaving the European Union, comparing...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| over 1 year ago
Story continues below ''Those of us in Commonwealth countries who have worked so hard to maintain prudent financial oversight and balanced growth. ''Those of us who have worked so hard, especially in Africa, to boost governance, democracy and the...
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Russia Today
| over 1 year ago
The EU leaders have accepted the framework agreement on recapitalization of the European banks the estimate of what will be required has ranged from 107 to 108 billion and agreed on reinforcement of economic regulation in EC and eurozone through...
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AKI
| over 1 year ago
Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was put on the defensive at a crisis summit over the nation's finances and appointments at the European Central Bank. Before the leaders convened Sunday in Brussels, Berlusconi held face-to-face talks with...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| over 1 year ago
British prime minister David Cameron and French president Nicolas Sarkozy have clashed during debt talks in Brussels. European Union leaders have been finessing measures to resolve the region's sovereign debt crisis by Wednesday at the summit in...
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Independent
| over 1 year ago
Cameron was given a vicious dressing down by French President, Nicholas Sarkozy, yesterday as tensions reached boiling point among European leaders arguing over how to save the euro. Mr Sarkozy was reported to have told the British Prime Minister...
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The Economic Times
| over 1 year ago
European Union leaders made some progress towards a strategy to fight the euro zone's sovereign debt crisis on Sunday, nearing agreement on bank recapitalisation and on how to leverage their rescue fund to try to stop bond market contagion. But final...
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The Economic Times
| over 1 year ago
European Union leaders have reached an agreement on the broad outline of a comprehensive strategy to resolve the euro-zone debt crisis , including a substantial write-down of Greece's debts...However, some details still remain to be worked out and a...
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The Age
| over 1 year ago
Story continues below Cameron has imposed a three-line whip, which usually results in dismissal for any member of the government who votes against it and presents a large obstacle in the career path of any rebel backbench MPs. The Tory leader on...
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Mail Online UK
| over 1 year ago
The pair clashed because Britain was pushing for a full meeting of all 27 EU leaders next week, rather than allowing the 17 countries in the euro to stitch up a deal on their own. We're sick of you criticising us and telling us what to do,' the...
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Reuters
| over 1 year ago
Analysis & Opinion Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is interviewed at the end of an Euro zone leaders summit in Brussels, October 23, 2011. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said he expected to call a cabinet meeting on Monday to discuss...
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The Economic Times
| over 1 year ago
French President Nicolas Sarkozy left a euro zone summit on Sunday evening saying talks on a comprehensive strategy to address the bloc's sovereign debt crisis were progressing well and there were no obstacles. Sarkozy earlier backed down on French...
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International Herald Tribune
| over 1 year ago
Struggling to assemble a credible backstop for their troubled single currency, European Union leaders on Sunday reached out for wider international support for their bailout fund by seeking investment from non-European countries or the International...
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Russia Today
| over 1 year ago
European leaders have been holding crucial talks in Brussels aimed at resolving the region's debt crisis and keeping another recession at bay. They are pushing banks to accept that the Greek debt will never be repaid in full. Any talk of Greece...
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BBC
| over 1 year ago
Europe's leaders have agreed to change the EU treaty if necessary to help resolve the eurozone's debt crisis and stop the region sinking into recession. EU president Herman Van Rompuy said after a day of emergency talks in Brussels that members would...
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MarketWatch
| over 1 year ago
European leaders said they were making progress Sunday toward a wide-ranging plan to deal with the euro zone's debt crisis, and vowed to keep working toward a solution ahead of a second summit scheduled for Wednesday. Today, we will not undertake any...
