Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, pledged Friday to support the new Greek government as it struggles to reform its economy, saying that the heavily indebted country must remain in the eurozone.
Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, pledged Friday to support the new Greek government as it struggles to reform its economy, saying that the heavily indebted country must remain in the eurozone.
Merkel met in Berlin with the Greek prime minister, Antonis Samaras, for his first official visit abroad. She expressed confidence that the government in Athens “will do what it takes to solve the problem in Greece,” and pledged to focus on healing the rift that has grown between the two countries.
President Barack Obama will visit Berlin next month for talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel on his first visit to the German capital since taking office, her spokesman said Friday.
Chancellor Angela Merkel has shrugged aside a new book that suggests she may have been closer to East Germany's communist system than previously thought, saying she's never hidden anything.
She’s not a billionaire, social media celebrity, or best-selling author. In an era of uber-bling, she’s distinctly unter-bling. By her own admission, she was a bit of a klutz as a young woman. But Angela Merkel, Germany’s chancellor for the last eight years, has quietly become the most powerful woman in the world.
Germany's main opposition party marked a bittersweet 150th birthday on Thursday - trailing badly in polls ahead of September elections and hearing praise for its efforts to reform Europe's biggest economy from French President Francois Hollande, a recent left-wing winner who has lost his luster.
It started out simple enough: German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized constitutional changes that have been made in Hungary. But Hungary's leader not only objected, he also found what he called a veiled reference to Adolf Hitler's occupation of his country in 1944.
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