The FT and WSJ report that Germany is leaning towards involving the IMF in a potential Greek bailout, with the WSJ quoting a senior German official saying that Angela Merkel is “open to a financial participation by the IMF” in any aid package for Greece.
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OpenEurope on 19th Mar 2010 (via openeurope.org.uk)
The Weekend FT reported that, following her meeting with Greek PM George Papandreou on Friday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged to do “everything in order to stabilise the euro, our common currency”, but stopped short of making any financial commitment to support Greece.
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OpenEurope on 8th Mar 2010 (via openeurope.org.uk)
For someone who had just finished 16 hours of intensive talks on a rescue package for Greece and the eurozone, German chancellor Angela Merkel seems to find little to faze her
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FT on 22nd Jul 2011 (via ft.com)
Angela Merkel, Nicolas Sarkozy and George Papandreou are in crisis talks about Greek debt. There are rumours that they are preparing an "orderly default" for Greece. But, officially, Merkel is still pressing ahead with implementing the existing Greek debt deals. This meeting also has a domestic context for Merkel. According to the FT, she is determined to stamp on the growing disqui...
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Spectator on 14th Sep 2011 (via spectator.co.uk)
Handelsblatt reports that German Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday rejected a call from Spanish PM Jose Luis Zapatero for “EU-solidarity” for Greece. She also warned that the euro would not be stable without radical cuts in the budget deficits of member states: “Only if the financial markets evaluate that Greece can handle the reforms, will the euro be able to become stable agai...
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OpenEurope on 2nd Mar 2010 (via openeurope.org.uk)
Following yesterday’s phone conference with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a joint statement that they were “convinced that the future of Greece is in the euro area”, in a further bid to dismiss talk of Greece being forced to leave the eurozone.
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OpenEurope on 15th Sep 2011 (via openeurope.org.uk)
German resistance towards financial aid for Athens highlights the pressure facing Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, as Greece lobbies for European help with its fiscal difficulties
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FT on 21st Mar 2010 (via traxfer.ft.com)
Germany will urge European Union leaders to agree that International Monetary Fund (IMF) and bilateral European aid could be used as a "last resort" for Greece if it reached the brink of insolvency, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on 25 March.
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EurActiv on 25th Mar 2010 (via euractiv.com)
Following a tense meeting yesterday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou confirmed that the referendum he surprisingly announced on Monday would effectively decide on whether Greece would remain in the eurozone.
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OpenEurope on 4th Nov 2011 (via openeurope.org.uk)
Fierce German resistance to helping crisis-hit Greece has emerged in a Financial Times opinion poll that strengthens the hand of Angela Merkel, the Chancellor, hand before a possible European showdown this week over financial aid for Athens
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FT on 21st Mar 2010 (via traxfer.ft.com)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned yesterday (9 January) that Greece must make rapid progress on its second rescue package &# including a voluntary write-down on its public debt held by private creditors &# before it receives further EU aid. More »
