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I can tell you right away: no, it doesn’t! It doesn’t really matter what the Christian-Democrat, conservative and neo-liberal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel and her Social-Democrat challenger Peer Steinbrueck exchanged on clever and quick statements, announcements and criticism last night, during their TV-duel. It doesn;t really matter what they …

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German chancellor candidate  Peer Steinbrueck (SPD) warned in a newspaper interview released on Saturday that German taxpayers could get stuck with a large bill if Greece were to default on its loans. Steinbrueck told Bild am Sonntag newspaper that Germany has so far only provided loan guarantees for Greece but that …

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