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Merkel says Germany not seeking 'hegemony' in EU

Agence France-PresseApril 22, 2013 10:00

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday rejected the idea that her country was seeking "hegemony" in the European Union, but insisted members needed to cede some national sovereignty for the greater good. Merkel said Germany always sought to make joint decisions in coordination with France and the other members of the 27-nation bloc. "Germany has a ... sometimes complicated role because we are the largest economy -- we are not the richest, but we are the largest," Merkel said at a book launch and panel talk with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

Polish parliament rejects efforts to legalise gay unions

Thomson ReutersJanuary 25, 2013 10:15

Donald Tusk, Poland's PM, in hospital with infection

Thomson ReutersJanuary 24, 2013 09:16

WARSAW, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk was hospitalised on Wednesday due to a severe infection of his respiratory system, his office said in a statement. Tusk, Poland's longest serving prime minister who has been in office since 2007, will nonetheless go to parliament on Thursday for a vote of no confidence against his health minister, but then will return to hospital.