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The article discusses Germany's handling of Greece's bailout package and the impact of its aggressive tone on the trust of other European countries in Germany and its interest in European unity. Topics include the focus of finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble on Germany's national interest by suggesting Greece leave the eurozone, the responsibility of German Chancellor Angela Merkel to verify Greece abides by economic rules, and Germany's support of a strong central bank and economic strictures.

The article discusses the attitude of the German government under Chancellor Angela Merkel and German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble towards the bailout and debt relief for Greece. An overview of the German government's perspective on Greece's exiting the eurozone, including Schäuble's attitude on a Greece's temporary leaving of the eurozone, is provided.

The article discusses the German government's stance regarding the referendum in Greece resulted in a vote against the bailout terms of Greece's creditors, including the European Central Bank (E.C.B.). An overview of Greece's economic conditions, including its bank holiday, limits on deposits from ATM machines and prospects for its use of the euro currency, is provided.

The article discusses negotiations between the Greek government, Germany, and the European Union regarding potential relief of Greece's debt, highlighting Germany's resistance to Greece's efforts to restructure its bailout deal. Topics addressed include a meeting between greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis and German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble, as well as European Central Bank (E.C.B.) president Mario Draghi's decision to cut lending to Greek banks.

The article discusses the implications of the re-election of German President Angela Merkel in terms of the potential continuation of economic austerity policies throughout Europe as of September 23, 2013. Topics addressed include Germany's role in bailing out other European Union economies, and Germany's assertion of economic improvements in Europe under the austerity policies.

The article reports on the controversy surrounding the international bailout deal for Cyprus which has turned out to be a potentially decisive test for discipline and austerity in Europe pushed by Germany. It states that the bailout deal has prompted concerns about European solidarity and the region's ability to hold out together for the longer term. It adds that the Cypriot parliament rejected the bailout deal even if President Nicos Anastasiades has revised the terms.

The article reports on the vote of German lawmakers against the bailout of Chancellor Angela Merkel's government for Greece on August 18, 2015 which also struggling with Europe's growing migrant crisis.

The reports on the approval of German lawmakers on July 17, 2015 for a Greek bailout amid international debate over providing more debt relief to Greece and intensifying questions over Greece's exit in the European common currency.

The article reports on the bailout package for Cyprus that was approved in March 2013 which reflected some important new markers for the future of the European Union and the countries that use the euro. It is noted that the deal contains stricter rules and validates Germany's push for a more responsible bank management. Some observers believe that Cyprus will follow Greece into a deep recession or depression.

The article reports on the economic condition in the euro zone, where there is continuing deal-making between the more solvent countries such as the Netherlands and Germany. The sounder countries aid countries with financial problems and try to control those countries' spending. Spain's government has faced lower borrowing rates when the European Central Bank announces its debt monetization plans.

The article focuses on the chancellor's majority or an absolute majority among German Chancellor Angela Merkel's deputies. It says that the chancellor's majority is seen as an indicator of Merkel's strength in politics. Political scientist, Manuel Becker, mentions that the missed chancellor's majority is a sign that even Merkel's party colleagues do not agree with her government's policy. It adds that the Free Democratic Party poses the greatest challenge to Merkel's coalition.

The article reports on finance minister, Wolfgang Schäuble idea at a meeting in Paris in November 2012 that Berlin, Germany could write off some of its lent money to Greece to make its debt sustainable. It states that Wolfgang suggested "conditional debt relief" for the country. Moreover, Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel sees three objections to a debt write-down such as the legality, the problem it would deal to investor confidence, and the lack of a precedent.

BERLIN -- Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany rushed back to Berlin and secured the necessary majority to pass the European Union fiscal pact and the permanent European bailout fund on Friday, despite what was viewed at home as a stinging defeat in the previous night's negotiations in Brussels. She has been assailed in Germany by those who consider the bailout fund a step on a slippery slope toward a steady transfer of German funds to the euro zone's periphery, and by those who believe that Ms. Merkel has not gone far enough to stabilize the common currency. But the chancellor cobbled together the support to pass the measures. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BRUSSELS -- European leaders went a surprising distance on Friday toward restoring confidence in the euro, taking a significant step toward economic integration and easing market pressure on Spain and Italy, as what appeared to be a new coalition of forces pushed Germany to bend. But questions quickly arose about how far they still had to go, leaving unresolved the most fundamental problems of the euro zone, its structural imbalances and lack of a lender of last resort. While Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany ceded some ground by agreeing to direct refinancing of banks, she did not yield on the issue of sharing debt burdens, which is highly unpopular with German voters but is seen by many economists as a necessary step in saving the currency. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Munich ALTHOUGH Europe may seem far away from the economic life of the average American, the fate of the euro zone weighs heavily on the United States economy. Pension funds have invested in bonds issued by southern European states, while banks and insurance companies have underwritten a sizable fraction of the credit-default swaps protecting investors against default. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

BERLIN -- With a deal on Greek debt finally done, Europe will shift its attention to two of its most powerful women, friends who have dueling views about what needs to be done to prevent future Greek-like meltdowns from spreading to other economies. The International Monetary Fund's managing director, Christine Lagarde, who is French, finds herself on a collision course with Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, posing a test for the unusually close relationship between the two leaders. They have opposing stances on how much money is need to protect vulnerable economies, and how it should be raised. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BERLIN -- In the face of mounting public opposition, Germany's Parliament approved by an overwhelming margin the latest European rescue package for Greece, though the vote could prove politically costly for Chancellor Angela Merkel. Even as doubts continued to grow here that Greece's finances can be stabilized in the long run, 496 members of the Bundestag voted to sign off on the $175 billion Greek rescue package while just 90 voted against and 5 members abstained. With the vote in hand, Mrs. Merkel can now travel to Brussels for a summit meeting of European leaders on Thursday and Friday with the parliamentary approval necessary to agree to a deal European finance ministers reached last week to keep Greece from a disorderly default. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BERLIN -- Distrustful of Greek politicians, European leaders considered a plan on Wednesday to hold back a significant share of the $171 billion bailout for the deeply indebted country even if Athens passes the austerity measures demanded by its international lenders. ''Statements and assurances from Greece are no longer taken at face value,'' said Wolfram Schrettl, professor of economics at the Free University in Berlin. ''There is a growing belief that Greece is looking for a sucker -- and Germany's playing the sucker.'' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Frankfurt WITH Greece once again nearing default, calls are going out this week for Germany to step in to help. And many Germans are, once again, responding with indignity, saying they shouldn't have to bail out their profligate neighbors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

BERLIN -- Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France warned Greece on Monday that it needed to move forward with promised structural changes or risk losing the next installment of badly needed bailout money. The leaders of the European Union's two largest countries met in the German capital to discuss their next steps in combating the sovereign-debt crisis that has destabilized the Continent and threatened the common currency. Even as Mrs. Merkel and Mr. Sarkozy promised quick action to stem the crisis, investors signaled the depth of their continuing concern over the instability that has spread from Greece to the very heart of the euro zone, by purchasing German debt at a negative interest ratefor the first time ever. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Each day Europe inches closer to a full economic meltdown, but Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany is still blocking what is needed: a real bailout of Europe's weakest economies by their richer neighbors or the European Central Bank. Mrs. Merkel and her team have had more than fair warning of the disaster to come, including a possible breakup of the euro. And it should be utterly clear that no country -- including Germany -- is immune. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

ATHENS -- Every Oct. 28 Greece celebrates ''Oxi Day,'' or '' 'No' Day,'' a national holiday commemorating Greek resistance to the Axis powers during World War II. On Friday, those celebrations took on a greater weight. As Greeks suffer from harsh austerity measures, there is growing popular sentiment here that the country has ceded key parts of its sovereignty, and its pride, to its foreign lenders. Here in Greece, anger is running so high -- especially toward Germany, whose Nazi occupation still leaves deep scars here and which now dominates the European Union's bailout of debt-ridden Greece -- that National Day celebrations were called off on Friday in the northern city of Thessaloniki for the first time ever after a group shouted ''traitor'' to the Greek president, Karolos Papoulias. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The German Parliament's move to expand the euro-zone bailout fund on Thursday is welcome, but the European debt crisis is no closer to resolution than it was two months ago. Even with Germany's roughly $287 billion increased contribution, the fund is still too small to provide more than a few days of calm to jittery markets. The big picture, in fact, has gotten much worse. Greece's indebtedness is growing, European bank balance sheets are shakier and investors are increasingly skeptical that Europe has the will to stabilize shaky credit and stock markets. Also conspicuously lacking is any clear plan for generating the economic growth needed to begin paying down those growing debts. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PARIS -- Angela Merkel, Germany's chancellor, finds herself once again in the politically perilous position of balancing the future of Europe and its common currency against a German public that is unhappy at the price the country will have to pay. And, as before, as the euro crisis has unfolded, she finds herself fighting for measures that most experts have already dismissed as inadequate. Mrs. Merkel needs parliamentary support to carry out decisions made more than two months ago in Brussels, and to bolster her case she met with the Greek prime minister, George A. Papandreou, on Tuesday evening in Berlin. It was a kind of morality play, intended to show to skeptical German voters how the Greek government intends to keep its promises to continue cutting public spending and services to meet stiff deficit requirements, despite increasing political opposition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Stock prices stabilized on Friday and the euro was higher as increased hopes for a Greek bailout gave major indexes their first weekly gain since April. Shares gained as Germany agreed under pressure from France not to force private investors to take on some of the burden of a new bailout package for Greece. The announcement in Berlin meant Germany was backing away from a sticking point with the European Central Bank on the issue. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BERLIN (Reuters) -- Germany's main business lobbies on Sunday called on countries sharing the euro currency to adopt tough rules on fiscal discipline at a summit meeting on Friday aimed at sorting out Europe's debt crisis. In an open letter to euro zone leaders, the chiefs of four industry associations urged countries to adopt the German proposals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

PARIS (Reuters) -- France's economy minister, Christine Lagarde, said on Sunday that the euro zone's package of rescue money was enough to stave off future crises. Germany and France last week proposed far-reaching plans to deepen integration among the 17 nations that use the euro. Those proposals included placing limits on debt levels written into national laws and a minimum corporate tax rate. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BRUSSELS -- Despite rising pressure for new measures to draw a line under the debt crisis, Germany moved Monday to close off debate on an increase to a 750-billion-euro bailout fund, or the more radical step of issuing common euro zone bonds. As ministers from the 16 euro zone countries met in Brussels, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany dampened speculation that the bailout fund, worth $997 billion and now being used by Ireland, could be increased soon. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

BRUSSELS -- Undeterred by the deepening crisis over the euro, Germany stuck to its guns on Thursday in pushing to make private investors pick up part of the bill in any future bailout -- and appeared to win support from France. In a speech in Berlin, Chancellor Angela Merkel said the euro zone would retain its existing state guarantees until 2013 and thereafter would impose ''discipline.'' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PARIS -- The German cabinet agreed in principle on Wednesday to impose a tax on banks to help finance bailouts but left details of the plan to be worked out in legislation in coming months. The German plan to finance a so-called stability fund won cautious backing from the French economy minister, Christine Lagarde, who attended the cabinet meeting in Berlin, where she called for international coordination on the matter. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BRUSSELS -- Jolted by the Greek debt crisis and alarmed at the prospect of bailing out a fellow member state, European Union leaders on Friday promised new efforts to coordinate policies to bring their divergent economies closer. At the end of a two-day summit meeting in Brussels, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany made clear her determination to rewrite the economic rulebook for the European Union, even if that means a long and bruising battle to revise the treaty governing the bloc. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

European leaders are quietly considering whether to come to the aid of their troubled neighbor Greece amid fears that the nation might default on its debts and unleash another round of financial crisis. Only a month after Dubai was rescued by its neighboring emirate Abu Dhabi, Germany, France and other European powers are discussing whether Greece might need a bailout too. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The German government appears determined to resist calls to spend another 40 billion euros to fight its way out of the recession, according to officials who attended a meeting in the Chancellery in the last week. Chancellor Angela Merkel is being pulled in different directions as she plans a meeting on Jan. 5 at which government officials, business executives and union leaders will discuss ways to counter the recession. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Germans tend to be the strait-laced, play-it-safe types in financial matters. That has left them particularly frustrated at footing the bill for bank bailouts and fretting over their accounts because of a global financial crisis that seems to emanate from the spendthrift ways of others and the unfathomable risks taken by Wall Street bankers. American taxpayers may be no happier about bailing out Wall Street, either, but those living in Germany know that they bear little resemblance to Americans on economic matters. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]