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Merkel-Papandreou meeting

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Berlin, March 5 ? German Chancellor Angela Merkel met with her Greek counterpart George Papandreou Friday against the backdrop of the Greek debt crisis and a potential yet controversial German bailout. After the meeting, the message was clear: «Greece has not requested any financial assistance nor is it on the German or Greek agenda.»
Both leaders have reaffirmed their common commitment to enforce the rules and to safeguard the economic guarantees of European Union but also to fight speculation, which is not only a Greek problem, but also an European problem.
«Germany will help Greece regarding humanitarian and social issues, and technological development,» said Merkel, «because we are sure that economic progress can restore the confidence and the trust of the Greeks in their government.» Merkel also expressed her admiration for the commitment of Athens in taking on an ambitious yet unpopular program based on austerity measures, remembering that Germany itself has faced similar problems in its recent past. Merkel added that the recent issuing of government securities by Greece reassured the capital markets.
When questioned about a provocative proposal by some CDU lawmakers to sell part of Greece?s artistic heritage and also it islands, Prime Minister Papandreou made no bones about this issue: «The sovereignty of Greece regarding its territory will not be challenged» and added that «these measures do not help to resolve the essence of the current issue, which is not only the financial viability, but rather prevention and the adaptation to the economic variables. Indeed,» Papandreou noted, «our islands may be rather the starting point for laying the foundations of a modern economy.» Taking as example Germany, the prime minister has suggested that Greece should begin also to focus its attention to a «green economy».
The German chancellor responded that recent statements from fellow party members critical of Greece do not necessarily reflect the position of her governme

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