Germany’s Schaeuble says no rift with Merkel on Greece
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble on Tuesday denied reports that there was a rift between Chancellor Angela Merkel and himself on Greek debt negotiations.
“You shouldn’t waste much time on these rumors,” Schaeuble said during a panel at an economic conference organized by Merkel’s conservative CDU party in Berlin.
German media reported that Schaeuble had been upset by a surprise meeting in Berlin last week between Merkel and Greece’s international creditor institutions and that he was worried about a softening of Germany’s tough stance towards Greece.
[Reuters]
