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KARLSRUHE, Germany, June 11- The head of Germany's Constitutional Court said on Tuesday that the success of the European Central Bank's bond-buying programme in restoring calm to the euro zone would have no impact on its ruling of whether the scheme is constitutional or not.
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BERLIN, June 11- The European Central Bank will defend its bond-buying programme in a German court this week against charges it is really an illegal scheme to fund euro zone members through the back door.
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Internet spying programme have raised awkward questions for allies, forced to explain whether they let Washington spy on their citizens or benefited from snooping that would be illegal at home.
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*Leaks have lifted lid on extent of U.S.- UK spy links. LONDON, June 9- Britain said eavesdropping by its GCHQ security agency was legal and no threat to privacy but would not confirm or deny reports it received data from a secret U.S. intelligence programme.
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FRANKFURT, June 7- German legislators voted in tax incentives for drivers of zero-emission corporate cars on Friday, cheering an industry so far disappointed by the country's flagging electric car market. The private use of a company car is treated as taxable income in Germany and measured at a flat monthly rate of 1 percent of the vehicle's gross list price.
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BERLIN, June 6- Germany's opposition Social Democrats demanded that Chancellor Angela Merkel come clean about the risk of losses on government loans to Greece before a looming election, after the IMF said Athens may require additional debt relief as early as next year.
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BERLIN, June 6- Germany's opposition Social Democrats demanded that Chancellor Angela Merkel come clean about the risk of losses on government loans to Greece before a looming election, after the IMF said Athens may require additional debt relief as early as next year.
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BRUSSELS, June 5- Banks under the watch of the ECB that run into difficulty could be shut by a European agency, under a proposal that is set to rouse opposition in euro zone capitals. European officials are seeking to design a scheme to close troubled banks to complement a contentious new system of supervision in the euro zone led by the European Central Bank.
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France must improve its relationship with Germany, the leader of France's opposition party said on Wednesday, following speculation about a rift between the countries' leaders.
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*French increasingly unhappy about where Europe is going. But perhaps the most striking findings were those related to France, a founding EU member state that is experiencing increasing disillusionment over Europe amid slumping growth and rising unemployment since Hollande took office a year ago.
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BRUSSELS, June 4- Germany will stick to its commitment to help fund NATO drones, despite cancelling a plan to buy its own unmanned reconnaissance planes, its defence minister signalled on Tuesday. "We have signed an agreement and Germany usually sticks to its agreements," Thomas de Maiziere said as he went into a NATO defence ministers' meeting in Brussels.
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PARIS, June 3- A Franco-German deal to strengthen the euro zone has ended months of bickering between Paris and Berlin and raised the onus on French President Francois Hollande to embark on potentially explosive social and economic reforms.
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BERLIN, June 2- German Chancellor Angela Merkel has come out against handing the European Commission more powers, in the clearest sign yet that she is reining in her ambitions to create a "fiscal union" in which euro members cede control of their budgets to Brussels.
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*Frankfurt is home to European Central Bank, big commercial banks. FRANKFURT, June 1- German police used pepper spray and batons against anti-capitalist demonstrators from the Blockupy movement on Saturday during a second day of protests against Europe's austerity policies.
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*France, Germany open debate over Eurogroup president. BRUSSELS, May 31- France and Germany have thrown their weight behind creating a permanent president for economic policy in the euro zone, a role that would mark a fundamental overhaul of how the currency bloc is managed.
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HELSINKI, May 31- European Commission's economic chief, Olli Rehn, said on Friday he was "amazed" that France had criticized his team for recommending reforms while Paris also proposed more economic coordination for the euro zone.
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HELSINKI, May 31- European Commission's economic chief, Olli Rehn, said on Friday he was "amazed" that France had criticized his team for recommending reforms while Paris also proposed more economic coordination for the euro zone.
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European countries planning a tax on financial transactions are set to drastically scale back the levy, cutting it by 90 percent, in what would be a major victory for banks.
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Nearly 337,000 more people are out of work in mainland France than there were when Hollande was elected in May 2012.
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*Banks opposed levy, London taking legal action. But the move also reflects big practical problems in collecting the revenue and political divisions over the tax, which has encountered legal challenges from London and caused concern even among the 11 euro zone countries backing it.
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