Posted by seumasach on December 9, 2014
9th December, 2014
A number of German politicians and opinion-makers have lately expressed concerns over the West’s reactions to President Putin’s policies. Although critical of Russia, more German officials doubt if further sanctions are the right course of action.
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Posted by smeddum on November 28, 2008
Merkel criticises US over crisis
By Bertrand Benoit in Berlin and Nikki Tait in Brussels
November 26 2008
Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, turned the tables on her international critics on Wednesday by accusing the US and other governments of making “cheap money” a central tool of their economic management, thus planting the seeds of a similar crisis in five years.
“Excessively cheap money in the US was a driver of today’s crisis,” she told the German parliament. “I am deeply concerned about whether we are now reinforcing this trend through measures being adopted in the US and elsewhere and whether we could find ourselves in five years facing the exact same crisis.” Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by smeddum on October 12, 2008
Merkel insists on national measures to tackle financial crisis
http://www.chinaview.cn 2008-10-13 04:42:12
PARIS, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel put national measures at the core of a European response on Sunday to the financial crisis but called for a more coordinated approach. Read the rest of this entry »
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