French ECB suggestions 'waste of time: Dutch minister
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Suggestions made by the two main French presidential candidates that the European Central Bank should take instructions from national politicians are a &quot;waste of time&quot;, Dutch Finance Minister Gerrit Zalm said in an interview published in the Financial Times.
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Britain should look to Europe rather than the US for its economic destiny, the French Finance Minister said yesterday as Gordon Brown launched a scathing attack on the euro system.
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Dutch Finance Minister Gerrit Zalm has warned Britain&#39;s argument for keeping its 4.6 billion euro (3.1 billion pounds) annual rebate from the European Union was not sustainable, the Financial Times says.
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France's finance ministry calls for tighter banking controls after the Societe Generale trading scandal.
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The European Union's aid programme is criticised for being slow, inefficient and poorly targeted by think tank Open Europe.
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Luxembourg - France had persuaded fellow euro zone countries that joint action was needed to temper the economic impact of high oil prices, French finance minister Nicolas Sarkozy said yesterday, but it has taken flak from partners for acting unilaterally
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Financial market turbulence should have only a limited impact on euro zone growth, European Central Bank policymakers said at weekend meetings of global financial officials in Washington.
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European Central Bank (ECB) President Jean-Claude Trichet, using words rather than policy, helped bring the euro down from a record in his first year in office, shoring up an economic recovery reliant on ...
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European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet today repeated that the euro&#39;s rise against the dollar is unwelcome and said intervention in foreign exchange markets &quot;is a weapon&quot; that is available to central banks.
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The current status of the eurozone's Stability and Growth Pact is "intolerable," since the agreement lacks the ammunition it needs to be taken seriously, the European Central Bank chief economist Otmar Issing ...
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The European Central Bank (ECB) will keep borrowing costs at a six-decade low for an 18th month as a surge in oil costs curbs economic growth in the dozen nations sharing the euro, a survey of economists showed.
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1110CET Updated 1120CET -- The incoming European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso proposed a delay to allow time to change his proposed team of Commissioners.
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European governments on Monday spoke out against a French proposal that the European Union restrict development aid to poorer member states that seek to lure foreign investment with low corporate tax rates.
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The European Union has admitted there was no hope of rapidly reviving its ailing constitution but sought more time for reflection, a year after French and Dutch voters rejected the pact.
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European Central Bank President Jean- Claude Trichet signaled the bank is likely to cut its forecast for 2005 economic growth as the increase in oil prices takes its toll on consumer spending and investment.
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The European Central Bank should not raise rates above 4%, the chief economist of a German research body says.
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Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot tries to defuse a row over a EU statement on Russia's handling of the hostage crisis.