World news about “G20” published by euronews.
Make multinationals pay tax, UK and others urge G20 Britain, France and Germany are spearheading a campaign at the G20 summit in Russia for an international clampdown on corporate tax avoidance. A report by… 16/02/2013
G20: Don’t mention the weak yen Moscow was the venue for the latest skirmishes in the so-called currency war as finance leaders from the G20 group of the world’s richest nations met. Just… 15/02/2013
Euro leaders in agreement at end of G20 summit Europe and the financial crisis dominated the G20 summit in Mexico summed up by the fourth point of their 85 paragraph communique. “Euro Area members,” it… 20/06/2012
What did Putin say to Obama?US President Barack Obama meets with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in Los Cabos, Mexico, ahead of G20 summit. 19/06/2012
G20 piles presure on eurozone leaders At the G20 summit at Los Cabos in Mexico European leaders are coming under increasing pressure from the rest of the world to come up with a lasting strategy… 18/06/2012
IMF confident on filling crisis war chest The International Monetary Fund said on Friday that it was closing in on its $400 billion target of cash reserves to ensure it has enough to respond if… 20/04/2012
G20 tells Europe ‘give more cash before we help’ Show us the money was the message to Europe from the meeting in Mexico of finance ministers and central bankers from the G20 world’s leading economies… 27/02/2012
Eurozone problems top G20 agenda Europe’s debt crisis will dominate a two-day gathering of finance ministers and central bankers from the G20 richest nations this weekend and it could be a… 24/02/2012
Sarkozy jogs in the rain as clouds gather over Europe – nocomment French President Nicolas Sarkozy goes jogging along La Croisette in Cannes under the clouds that gathered during the G20 summit. 05/11/2011
‘Too big to fail’ banks named At the Cannes summit of the world’s leading economies, 29 banks have been named as being so important to the global financial system that they are likely to… 04/11/2011
Under new management: the ECB in uncertain times The business world is going through turbulent times of a kind seldom seen before. The prospect of a referendum on the bailout in Greece sent the markets… 04/11/2011
G20: a complicated situationUS Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (front) and the European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi arrive for a meeting with G20 finance ministers on… 04/11/2011
Anti-tax haven protests on the France-Monaco border – nocomment Anti-tax haven protesters staged a demonstration at Cap d’Ail on the France-Monaco border while world leaders gathered in nearby Cannes for the G20 summit. 04/11/2011
Anti-G20 wet protest – nocomment Protesters in swimsuits make a splash at an anti-G20 demo in Nice on Tuesday. 03/11/2011
Protest in the air in Cannes – nocomment For the occasion of the G20, a pro-Tibetan protester climbed a building in Cannes to draw leaders’ attention to his cause. 03/11/2011
G20, everything but seriousAn anti-G20 demonstrator reacts near French gendarmes dressed in riot gear during a protest march against globalisation in Nice, southeastern France… 02/11/2011
Protests brew before France G20 summit – nocomment Protesters are converging on the French Riviera to urge the Group of 20 leading economies to focus on spreading global largesse more equitably instead of… 02/11/2011
OECD warns leaders must act to avoid recession The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development is forecasting a sharp slowdown next year for the euro zone. Its downbeat outlook came just days… 31/10/2011
At EU summit, protesters call for changeOn the occasion of the EU Summit, French protesters called for Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy to wake up to their responsibilities ahead of the… 27/10/2011
Tackling speculators on food prices Klaus Töpfer had already found his calling before he saw people in Kenya trying to make food grow in poor, dry earth. His field is the environment, energy… 11/10/2011
Cotton-buds demonstration in Paris – nocomment People dressed as doctors hold giant cotton-buds at a demonstration to call on the G20 leaders to offer better social protection and free healthcare for the… 27/09/2011
Soaring food prices – who’s to blame? At the recent G20 Agriculture summit in Paris, protesters outside the venue chanted “Markets – leave our food alone” as high prices put millions at risk of… 27/06/2011
G20 agrees farm deal, but not commodities regulation Farm ministers from the G20, the world’s largest economies, have agreed on ways to tackle high food prices at a conference in Paris. But it was a… 23/06/2011
Activists protest against G20 agriculture ministers’ meeting in Paris – nocomment Farming activists protested against the opening of the G20 agriculture ministers’ meeting in Paris, France. The activists, some dressed as ears of corn and… 23/06/2011
Rising commodity costs threaten global economy, Sarkozy warns Spiralling food and energy prices are threatening global economic growth, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has warned. Speaking in Brussels, the current G20… 14/06/2011
‘Recovery but not the one we want’ claim IMF At the spring meeting of the World Bank and IMF in Washington the money trades top brains were still trying to construct a more robust global economy, less… 15/04/2011
South Korea prepares to host G20 Summit South Korea is keen to show a friendly, open face to the outside world as it prepares to host a summit of G20 leaders between 11-12 November. This is the… 03/11/2010
G20 teeters on the brink of the fiscal cliffDelegates are gathering for the G20 meeting in Mexico City. Insiders say that the so-called US fiscal cliff is outweighing Europe’s debt crisis in terms of… 05/11/2012
A two speed G20 summit remains divided over eurozone crisisThe G20 summit in Mexico has ended with a marked division between Europe and the rest of the world over how to solve the euro crisis. EU leaders are slowly… 20/06/2012
Cameron invites over-taxed French bosses to BlightyDays after France voted for a Socialist-led parliament to go with its new Socialist President, British Prime Minister David Cameron has renewed an age-old… 19/06/2012
Lagarde gets what she wants from G20The ongoing G20 summit, which concludes today, has produced one piece of good news from the International Monetary Fund. Director Christine Lagarde will now… 19/06/2012
Frankie Says: Gee, 20, surprise us!With the Masters of the Universe gathered in Mexico Frankie has been wondering just what the G20 might do for the People of the Pond. Here are my thoughts… 19/06/2012
Eurozone crisis seen as threat to global economyWorld leaders meeting at a G20 summit in Mexico have called for bold action from Europe to overcome the eurozone crisis. The single currency bloc is being… 19/06/2012
G20 summit: reactions on Greece electionThe victory of pro-bailout parties in the election in Greece is being seen as a positive step towards averting a further crisis in the eurozone. As world… 18/06/2012
G20 set to tackle Europe’s woesThis year’s G20 summit kicks off today in Mexico, but as it is the world leader’s third year in a row that they have had to deal with a eurozone crisis… 18/06/2012
G20 must act to contain Europe fallout, says Mexico’s CalderonOn the eve of the G20 summit in Mexico, the country’s president has called on the world’s biggest economies to do more to contain the fallout from Europe’s… 17/06/2012
Germany cannot solve euro debt crisis alone, Merkel saysGermany will do all it can to fight the eurozone debt crisis but Berlin cannot solve the bloc’s problem’s alone, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on… 14/06/2012
G20 inches towards bigger eurozone bailout fundFinance Minister and central bankers from the G20 are meeting in Mexico City with the eurozone crisis top of the agenda. The world’s leading economies want… 26/02/2012
Sarkozy reportedly cannot bear ‘liar’ NetanyahuFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy called the Israeli Prime Minister ‘a liar’ during the G20 summit in Cannes. The remark about Benjamin Netanyahu was made… 08/11/2011
Pressure piles on BerlusconiIt will take Europe a decade to sort out its financial situation. That is the verdict of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the day after a G20 summit… 05/11/2011
G20 summit ends with focus on IMFWorld leaders left the G20 summit in Cannes with a plan to boost IMF resources – with more money if necessary – and to rebalance the global… 05/11/2011
Berlusconi defiant as coalition crumblesItaly’s prime minister has been thrown a potential lifeline as cracks spread within his centre-right coalition. Silvio Berlusconi is widely believed to have… 04/11/2011
G20 summit ends with pledge to boost IMFG20 leaders have ended their summit in Cannes after two days dominated by Greek turmoil and the threat to the euro zone and beyond. Many big issues have… 04/11/2011
Sarkozy pushes financial transaction tax ideaSpeaking at the G20, President Sarkozy said there was agreement on the need to be firm on Greece, and he praised Italy for taking measures to balance its… 04/11/2011
IMF to monitor Rome as pressure increases on BerlusconiEuropean G20 leaders are pushing Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to make urgent economic reforms. But perhaps his more pressing issue are his… 04/11/2011
G20 struggles to keep a grip on fast-moving crisisNicolas Sarkozy is hoping for some last-minute deals on reforming the global economy, but the dramatic events elsewhere have stolen the agenda. The French… 04/11/2011
G20 Summit overshadowed by euro crisisIt was a case of carry on smiling as world leaders posed for a group photo at the G20 summit in Cannes on Thursday. But some of those smiles may have been… 04/11/2011
Merkel tells Obama no to ECB role in EFSFUS President Barack Obama is at the G20 summit encourage the eurozone to find a solution to its debt problem, which could send America’s weakened economy into… 03/11/2011
Anti-capitalist protesters descend on CannesThe Greek debt crisis may steal the show at the G20 summit but anti-capitalist protest voices are getting louder on the sidelines. Thousands of… 03/11/2011
Greek government teeters on brink of collapseGreece has enough cash to last until mid-December, a government source says. But will George Papandreou still be in power then, or even by the end of… 03/11/2011
Obama and Sarkozy seek common ground at G20Solving Europe’s financial crisis is the most important task facing G20 leaders meeting in Cannes, according to Barack Obama. Like his French counterpart… 03/11/2011
Pressure mounts on Italy’s beleaguered BerlusconiArriving at the Cannes summit with nothing concrete to show his euro zone partners, Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi is under increasing pressure. An emergency… 03/11/2011
Greeks react to euro referendum talkThe Greek government may be on the verge of collapse over the issue of holding a referendum, but some in Athens fear Greece has no choice other than to accept… 03/11/2011
China weighs up support for euro rescue fundChina has given cautious support to bolstering Europe’s Financial Stability Facility. EU leaders want China to commit to making further bond purchases to… 03/11/2011
Greece puts billions of euros aid in perilGreece’s partners have been speaking out with a general feeling of impatience prevailing. The Eurogroup president observed that the debt-laden country was… 03/11/2011
Papandreou sure Greeks want to stay in euro zoneIf George Papandreou was smarting from his grilling with the French and German leaders he showed no sign of it. The Greek premier emerged from the talks calm… 03/11/2011
Germany and France talk tough to GreeceFrance’s President Nicolas Sarkozy and Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel have revealed there was some tough talking during an emergency meeting with the… 03/11/2011
G20 crisis meeting ahead of summitAngela Merkel has rushed with other senior figures to a pre-G20 summit working dinner, hosted by Nicolas Sarcozy. The urgency of the meeting came in the… 02/11/2011
G20 protestors invade NiceAs a security ring of steel is thrown around the French riviera town of Cannes for the G20 summit the usual groups of anti-globalisation protestors have… 02/11/2011
‘Fortress’ Cannes braces for G20 summitForget the film festival. The French Riviera resort of Cannes is shedding its black tie image for riot gear as it braces for a crucial G20 summit. Thousands… 02/11/2011
Sarkozy to tell Greeks to push through bailout dealA surprised city of Cannes is being asked to host a series of emergency meetings a whole 24 hours before it was expecting to receive world leaders for the G20… 02/11/2011
Protests start ahead of G20 summit in CannesPoliticians are facing pressure from the streets ahead of this week’s G20 summit. The city of Nice has already been the venue of one big… 01/11/2011
Security check for CannesThe French city of Cannes is preparing to receive the world’s most powerful leaders by tightening up security. Leaving nothing to chance, police have scoured… 31/10/2011
G20 tells euro zone to get to grips with debt crisisGet on top of your debt crisis by this time next week. That is the stark message sent by the world’s leading economies to the euro zone, at the end of… 16/10/2011
G20 finance chiefs crank up pressure on euro zoneThe world’s leading economies are keeping up the heat on Europe to sort out its debt crisis, at a G20 finance chiefs’ meeting in Paris. A draft communique… 15/10/2011
G20 divisions over IMF’s role in euro zone crisisShould the IMF be strengthened to fight Europe’s debt crisis? At a G20 meeting in Paris, most of the leading emerging market countries, known as the … 15/10/2011
G20 chews over the subject of food marketsThe first ever summit of the G20’s agriculture ministers has begun in Paris, and they are under the gun to decide on, among other issues, setting up emergency… 22/06/2011
Chernobyl donor conference falls short of targetA donor conference set up to raise money to make the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site safe has fallen short of its goal. The Ukrainian government says… 19/04/2011
Kiev gets cash to construct new Chernobyl shellEU leaders and the G8 are meeting in Kiev, Ukraine, to mark the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, an event brought into sharper focus by the… 19/04/2011
G20 claims major step forward with planIn order to avoid a repeat of the global financial crisis the G20 nations have decided to put the policies of seven of its members, the US, China, Britain… 16/04/2011
Sarkozy reaffirms opposition to Turkey’s EU membershipThe French President Nicolas Sarkozy spent a few hours in Turkey and repeated his opposition to its joining the European Union. Alongside Turkey’s President… 25/02/2011
China blocks G20 moves on how to guage economic imbalancesChina has blocked moves to use exchange rates and currency reserves in the criteria of how to measure global economic imbalances at the G20 meeting of finance… 19/02/2011
G20 reach compromise on economic indicatorsG20 finance ministers have struck a compromise deal on indicators that can be used to deal with global economic imbalances. The French Finance Minister… 19/02/2011
Germany’s Schaeuble optimistic on trade imbalance plansGermany’s finance minister says he remains confident the G20 can reach a deal to reduce global trade imbalances. Wolfgang Schaeuble’s optimistic assessment… 19/02/2011
G20 seeks indicator deal in ParisAt the G20 meeting in Paris, finance ministers and central bank governors will focus on which indicators should be used to measure global economic… 18/02/2011
Lagarde: G20 imbalances deal would be ‘big step’France’s economy minister Christine Lagarde, host of a two-day Group of 20 finance ministers meeting in Paris, has said she hopes indicators can be agreed on… 17/02/2011
G20 seeks deal on imbalances, unsure of successFrench Economy Minister Christine Lagarde has said that it will not be a drama if finance ministers and central bankers from the world’s 20 biggest developed… 14/02/2011
Sarkozy urges financial reform to avoid unrestFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy has urged the world’s top economies to agree new rules to curb market volatility or risk unrest instead. Spelling out… 24/01/2011
Sarkozy pushes for better-run global economyPresident Nicolas Sarkozy has called on the world’s richest nations to manage the global economy better. The comments came as the French leader spelled out… 24/01/2011
All eyes on France as G20 endsWhile the jury is still out on how successful the G20 in Seoul actually was, the summit closed with all eyes fixed on France’s Nicolas Sarkozy as he got ready… 13/11/2010
Jury out on G20 successThe G20 summit in Seoul, South Korea, is over, but what have the leaders of the world’s leading and emerging economies actually achieved? Not much… 12/11/2010
Irish euro support “very probable”From the G20 meeting in Seoul, the big euro zone countries have expressed solidarity with Ireland, and the European authorities are said to be discussing… 12/11/2010
Watered-down currency deal ends G20 summitThe summit is over but do the leaders of the G20 really have the right to smile? The deal reached in Seoul to tackle trade imbalances has been slammed as a… 12/11/2010
G20 seeks to recapture unity with currency dealUS President Obama has given a positive assessment of the G20 summit, reporting real progress despite talk of deep divisions. Economic policy disputes have… 12/11/2010
Seoul searching for G20 leadersWorld leaders meeting in Seoul managed to put on a show of unity for the traditional family photo – but behind the smiles there have been fractious talks and… 12/11/2010
G20 protesters kept well away from summitSeoul has been placed under tight security for the duration of the G20, after past summits saw running battles with protesters. So far, though, in the Korean… 11/11/2010
G20 set for showdown over ‘currency wars’A meeting of G20 leaders opened in the South Korean capital of Seoul on Thursday with fixing the global economy at the top of their agenda. The world’s 19… 11/11/2010
Heavy security surrounds G20 summitG20 meetings always attract critics, and thousands gathered near the summit venue to denounce globalisation and demand a new approach. Seoul is on high alert… 11/11/2010
G20 leaders prepare for difficult summitA deeply divided G20 will hope to move beyond broad promises of economic cooperation as world leaders begin their two day summit in Seoul today. But while… 11/11/2010
Seoul on highest security alert for G20 summitProtests seem to go hand in hand with G20 summits and usually on a fairly grand scale. But one individual tried his luck by brandishing a placard in front of… 11/11/2010
G20 leaders struggle for accordAs President Barack Obama arrived for the G20 summit in Seoul, South Korea he knew that it would be a difficult gathering. Washington is facing widespread… 10/11/2010
G20 welcome in developing nationsG20 finance leaders have struck a landmark deal to boost the power of developing countries in the global finance organisation. Two seats on the 24-strong… 23/10/2010
G20 reluctant on US surplus planAt the G20 finance ministers and central bankers meeting in South Korea, Washington has failed to win wide backing for its plan to limit trade surpluses as a… 22/10/2010
G20 praised yuan moveThe G20 summit in Canada at the weekend was able to welcome the Chinese leadership seeming to bow to international pressure for Beijing to let its currency… 28/06/2010
G20 leaders take different paths to deficit reductionG20 leaders have gone their separate ways at the end of the Toronto summit. While agreeing to halve their respective budget deficits by 2013, they have left… 28/06/2010
More clashes as G20 summit endsPolice in Toronto clashed with protesters for a second straight day as the G20 summit came to an end. In all, at least 600 people were arrested. The… 28/06/2010
G20 countries agree to halve deficits by 2013Leaders from the Group of 20 rich and developing economies have pledged to halve their respective budget deficits by 2013. But, with many nations at different… 28/06/2010
G20 meet in TorontoManaging the recovery of the fragile global economy is top of the agenda at the G20 summit in Toronto, a day after the G8. More members means it is likely… 27/06/2010
Violence in Toronto as G20 meetPolice say around 500 people have been arrested after an anti-G20 march in downtown Toronto ended in rioting. Police cars were set on fire in at least two… 27/06/2010
