Angela Merkel visit to London February 2014 Articles

Energy policy in both Britain and Germany is failing. The question which should be on today’s agenda for David Cameron and Angela Merkel is whether both countries can learn from failure and find a better way forward. Failure in this case means not meeting the set...

British Eurosceptics have never understood the Germans. David Cameron and the Conservative Eurosceptics are deluding themselves if they think Angela Merkel, Germany’s chancellor, will help them in Europe. There will be warm words today as the two leaders meet in...

David Cameron needs Angela Merkel. It is not something that his backbenchers would like to admit, but the simple fact is that in order to secure any progress on reform in the European Union he will need to win support from the German chancellor. The problem for...

What should Ed Miliband discuss in his meeting with Europe’s most powerful and successful politician, German chancellor Angela Merkel? The economy will rightly be top of the agenda. The German unemployment rate is 5.1 per cent, compared to 7.2 per cent in the UK. And...