German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday there should in future be a mechanism to expel countries from the eurozone as a last resort if they persistently break its financial rules. Merkel — whose country has Europe's biggest economy — lent her support to recent proposals by Finance Minister Wolfgang ...

Chancellor Angela Merkel called the sex abuse scandal rocking the homeland of Pope Benedict XVI a major challenge to German society and warned the only way to come to terms with it was to "find out everything that has happened." Merkel's comments to parliament on Wednesday came amid ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel demanded "truth and clarity" on Wednesday about sexual abuse committed by priests in the Roman Catholic Church against children. But Merkel, in a speech to parliament, also said it makes no sense to limit any such investigation to the Church, backing the position taken by German bishops. She said child sexual and physical abuse was ...