Merkel, Chirac urge 'fair division' of Airbus burden
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Jacques Chirac called Friday for a &quot;fair division&quot; of the burden in restructuring crisis-hit European aircraft maker Airbus.
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French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin said on Tuesday he had talked with Chancellor Angela Merkel about the problems at Airbus and confirmed it is seeking to cut 10,000 jobs.Comment
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European leaders have been making false claims in a commercial-aircraft trade dispute pitting Boeing Co. (BA.N: Quote, Profile, Research) against its Europe-based rival Airbus, a US senator close to Boeing said on Thursday.
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PARIS The parent company of European aircraft maker Airbus has proposed splitting a contested US Air Force contract for refueling tankers with its rival, Chicago-based Boeing.
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Tom Enders, the German co-chief executive of EADS, has reiterated his call for a &quot;fair distribution&quot; of the crucial restructuring measures to be implemented at airplane maker Airbus.
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Franco-German tension at the heart of Airbus is a destructive force for the group and is at the root of many of the problems currently afflicting the European plane manufactuer, analysts say.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel made a joint call here on Monday for greater regulation of international financial markets.
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The German co-chief executive of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company, Rainer Hertrich, denounced Tuesday reported plans by Airbus CEO Noel Forgeard and French President Jacques Chirac to put a ...
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel called here on Monday for more transparency on international finance markets.
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France, Germany and Russia will form a working group to study Moscow's role in EADS, the company that runs Airbus, Russia's president said Saturday.Comment
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PARIS/BERLIN  - France hopes to be able to announce an agreement about a simplified management structure for European defense group EADS  at a summit meeting on Monday, but Germany is in no hurry to strike a deal.
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The chief executive of Airbus parent group EADS admitted on Thursday the problem of &quot;nationalistic poison&quot; at the heart of the aerospace group caused by Franco-German rivalry.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday pledged to oppose a strict European Union limit on cars' average carbon dioxide emissions, arguing that different models should face different caps.Comment
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Germany's economics minister warned on Saturday against slighting his country in the upcoming restructuring of Airbus, a day after a newspaper report on possible factory closings.
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The European Commission and President George Bush are in a war of words over subsidies given to aircraft makers Airbus and Boeing.
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The British defence ministry has called for European politicians to cease their meddling in aerospace group EADS, just a day after its aircraft unit Airbus launched a major restructuring plan, The Times reported.
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The German government is not issuing any threats, but was simply discussing a possible review of its defence contracts with European aeropace giant EADS should the restructuring of its plane-making unit Airbus harm German interests.