Merkel says Germany is ‘not an island’; warns about Euro zone competitiveness

Wednesday, September 26th 2012 - 01:38 UTC

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Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday that Europe could only hope to come out of its crisis stronger and compete in a globalized world if its members pressed ahead with painful reforms and moved to more responsible budget policies. Read full article

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Usurping Pirate
Merkel says Germany is ‘not an island’;

The reason she said this is so that Argentina don't claim Germany as theirs .
Sep 26th, 2012 - 07:33 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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pecurto
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Sep 26th, 2012 - 10:38 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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TipsyThink
Europe has -- islands problems -- where brittania/faroe/irish/iceland.
Sep 26th, 2012 - 01:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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briton
We are feeling that Germany is not an island
This woman is either very clever or very stupid,
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Still,
We are not the mainland,
Are we not….
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Sep 26th, 2012 - 07:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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British_Kirchnerist
#1 Cristina would do better than Merkel though, she's the opposite in policy and looks. I can see why Danny moved from one to the other =)
Oct 03rd, 2012 - 01:25 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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