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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras tries to build a broader alliance among the progressive forces of Europe, ahead of the EU elections in May 2019. “Social Democrats and the Left must meet on the basis of a progressive plan for the 21st century in Europe,”Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said addressing the …

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A big concession for Merkel’s conservatives, a possible relief for Greece and the euro zone. German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives CDU/CSU and the Social Democrats (SPD) on Wednesday agreed to a coalition deal,  after months of uncertainty. The deal has at least one surprise that has Greeks, first of all, …

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Germany’s second largest party SPD leader Martin Schulz called for the transformation of the European Union into a United States of Europe by 2025 with a common constitution. “Europe is our life insurance,” Schulz told an SPD party convention in Berlin on Thursday. I want a new constitutional treaty to …

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“Greece has implemented many reforms and is on a good path,” German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Monday in an interview with Bild newspaper. The most dramatic moment over the last four years was the dispute over the program for Greece in the summer of 2015 when the country …

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A “Temporary Grexit” a la Schaeuble was a real option for Greece’s Euro-partners after the Referendum on July 5th 2015.  German Chancellor Angela Merkel reportedly brought up the issue in conversation with French President Francois Hollande on July 6th, just one day after the Referendum took place. Hollande rejected Merkel’s …

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Germany’s economy minister, Merkel’s vice chancellor and leader of Social Democrats (SPD) Sigmar Gabriel branded Greece’s demand for 278.7 billion euros in reparations from World War Two as “stupid“, Reuters report on Tuesday. Gabriel’s diplomatic reaction comes a day after Greek deputy Finance Minister Dimitris Mardas said that Germany had …

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Well.. well… well… Τhe Kommandatur in Berlin wants to have Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis replaced. The first articles on this issue started to circulate a couple of weeks ago. There were claims that the German ambassador in Athens had intervene towards this direction. Along the way, the German intervention …

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Lawmaker Axel Schaaefer from MErkel’s coalition partner SPD went well prepared to the German Parliament today. Under his arm, he has a copy of tabloid Bild. He has already marked the newspaper’s front page promoting an anti-Greek hate-campaign with a huge, thick X. When his turn comes to join the …

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Ha! Germans must have huge resources of inspiration and they will never stop to surprise us. An SPD politician from Merkels’ social-democrat coalition suggested s that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras should replacesFinance Minister Yanis Varoufakis as he apparently creates lots of confusion, German politicians cannot understand. SPD executive board member, …

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That’s odd. In fact, I think that’s more than odd and it borders to suspicion. One week after the President of European Parliament Martin Schulz proposed to turn Greece into a special economic zone with EU officials sent to control the proper operation of the whole project, the President of Federation of …

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Former German Chancellor , conservative Helmut Kohl dismissed claims that he criticized Angela Merkel for her European policy. “These claims are fictitious” Kohl told Number 1 yellow-press newspaper in German, BILD, that Greece is to blame for the Euro crisis. The concerned ex-chancellor, initiator of the common currency, said that “Greece …

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