Germany
Weak EU growth reveals the price of austerity
Total GDP growth in both the EU and the eurozone was 1.7% - sluggish but not entirely unexpected, compared to 3.2% growth in the US and a 0.5% contraction in the UK.
What Iain Duncan Smith needs to learn from Germany
Iain Duncan Smith announced last week that the unemployed will, under some circumstances, be required to undertake unpaid “community work”, with strict sanctions for those who fail to comply. His view was that this would help people re-integrate into the labour market, by getting into the habit of work.
CDU withdraws London rep in protest at Cameron’s EU grouping
The German newspaper, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, has reported that Angela Merkel's CDU party has recalled its London representative Thomas Stehling to Germany because of David Cameron’s decision to withdraw from the European People’s Party.