Steffen Seibert

The leaders of Germany, France and other European Union countries will meet with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu prior to the start of the February 18 European Council summit to discuss the migration crisis. European government officials are concerned over...

The German government referred the to International Monetary Fund's official support of the Greek bailout in an effort to increase the likelihood of IMF presence in the program. German government spokesperson Steffen Seibert said on Wednesday that the IMF's participation in the...

The German government sought to distance itself from German newspaper Die Welt's article on the Greek government. Die Welt published an article over the weekend that described Greece as a ship without a captain, arguing that the Greek government is delaying the...

German government spokesman Steffen Seibert stressed the need for cooperation between Greece and Turkey in order to control the activities of refugee and migrant traffickers in the Aegean. "We have at this time, especially in the Aegean between Greece and...

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...

Greece’s war reparation claims have once again been rejected by the German government. Berlin underlined that Germany’s view on the matter has remained unchanged. Government spokesman Steffen Seibert stated that Germany’s opinion on Greece’s claims is the same. He added...

The German government says Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras in Berlin next week. Merkel spokesman Steffen Seibert said Merkel will welcome Samaras to the chancellery on Tuesday. He said Friday that the informal meeting offers an...

The German government on Monday reaffirmed its categorical opposition to any haircut on Greek debt held by the public sector. German weekly Der Spiegel reported over the weekend that the troika of the European Commission, the European Central Bank and...

The German government said on Friday that Chancellor Angela Merkel and Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras did not discuss possible reparations for Nazi crimes in Greece during World War II. “That was not a topic,” spokesman Steffen Seibert said at...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday congratulated new Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras by phone and invited him for talks in Berlin. Merkel "wished him luck and success for the difficult work that lies ahead of him," Merkel’s spokesman Steffen...