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German Chancellor Merkel Believes the Eurozone Can Bear a Grexit But Fears Instability

German Chancellor Angela Merkel believes the Eurozone can bear a possible Grexit but worries about geopolitics, German senior officials said, according to Euro Insight. Europe’s Iron Lady appears determined to prevent Greece’s exit from the single currency by accident,...

German Govt Spokesman: No Feud Between Germany and Greece

German government spokesman Steffen Seibert rejected the talk about a personal dispute between Greece and Germany, noting that Chancellor Angela Merkel's goal is to keep Greece in the Eurozone. He pointed out that the responsibility for finding a solution...

Merkel's Right Hand: No Special Treatment for Greece

"No special treatment for Greece," said CDU lawmaker Volker Kauder, adding a new episode in the caustic verbal exchange between Greek and German officials. Kauder, who is considered to be Angela Merkel's "right hand," spoke to German newspaper Bild on...

Why Germany Rejects Greece's Claims for WW II Reparations

Germany rejected Greece's demands for World War II reparations after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras accused Berlin of using legal tricks to avoid the issue. Greece's prime minister has asked that Germany pays back more than 160 billion euros for the...

Controversial Archbishop Ambrosios Verbally Attacks Schaeuble and Merkel

Archbishop Ambrosios of Kalavryta created controversy after launching a verbal attack on German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble over their harsh stance against Greece in the bailout negotiations. The archbishop is a supporter of new Prime Minister...

Cartoon Shows Merkel Teaching Greece With a Whip

A new political cartoon about Greece depicts the tension between the crisis-stricken country and the way the European Union views its reluctance to implement reforms required by the bailout program. Political cartoonist Carlos Latuff uses German Chancellor Angela Merkel as...

German Chancellor Will Not Rule Out Grexit Scenario

Keeping Greece in the Eurozone is the European leaders’ political objective at the moment, stated German chancellor, Angela Merkel during an interview in Japan on Monday. A few hours before the Eurogroup meeting about Greece in Brussels Angela Merkel said...

Greek Gov't Vice President: We Honor the Agreement, We Expect Our Partners to Do the Same

“We clinched an agreement, which is not fully reflected in the reactions of the European Central Bank,” Greece 's Government Vice President Yiannis Dragasakis late on Thursday told ANT1 TV. He said that the message that ECB had been sending...

Greek FinMin: There's an Alternative if Greece Doesn't Get Loan Tranche in March

There’s an alternative plan if Greece doesn’t receive its loan installment in March, Greece 's Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said on Wednesday during a speech at an event marking the 130-year anniversary of the Greek-French Chamber of Commerce and...

Chancellor Merkel: Greece Should Focus on Implementation of the Eurogroup Agreement

What comes first for Greece is the implementation of the Eurogroup agreement, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during a joint press conference with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Wednesday after their meeting at the European Commission headquarters. On whether Germany is ready...