https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Credit and bond purchases that benefited Greece also brought in revenues to Germany, to the tune of €1.34 billion, according to a media report on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170712/germany-made-more-than-1-billion-from-helping-out-greece-report Wed, 12 Jul 2017 17:00:55 +0200 germany-made-more-than-1-billion-from-helping-out-greece-report For the first half of 2015 he was the arch nemesis of the German government. But Greece’s left-wing former Finance Minister, Yanis Varoufakis, revealed on Monday his admiration for Chancellor Angela Merkel and her Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble. https://www.thelocal.de/20151221/varoufakis-id-consider-voting-for-merkel Mon, 21 Dec 2015 16:09:01 +0100 varoufakis-id-consider-voting-for-merkel German MPs voted through a third European bailout package for Greece on Wednesday, although a large number of abstentions and 'no' votes pointed to a sizable rebellion among Chancellor Angela Merkel's ranks. https://www.thelocal.de/20150819/merkel-girds-for-right-wing-revolt-in-greece-bailout-vote Wed, 19 Aug 2015 10:21:30 +0200 merkel-girds-for-right-wing-revolt-in-greece-bailout-vote Chancellor Angela Merkel insists the International Monetary Fund must participate in Greece's new bailout, but doubts about IMF involvement are complicating her bid to sell MPs the deal ahead of Wednesday's key parliamentary vote. https://www.thelocal.de/20150818/merkel-combats-concerns-about-imf-involvement-in-greek-bailout Tue, 18 Aug 2015 10:55:20 +0200 merkel-combats-concerns-about-imf-involvement-in-greek-bailout Germany's hardline finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble on Sunday hailed a change in tone in talks with Greece over its next bailout but warned Europe would closely monitor the pace of reforms in Athens. https://www.thelocal.de/20150816/germany-praises-greek-stance-shift-in-debt-talks Sun, 16 Aug 2015 14:44:02 +0200 germany-praises-greek-stance-shift-in-debt-talks Eurozone finance ministers approved on Friday a third bailout worth up to €86 billion to keep Greece in the single currency in return for an unprecedented package of reforms that Athens had previously rejected. https://www.thelocal.de/20150815/eurozone-approves-greek-bailout-in-return-for-far-reaching-reforms Sat, 15 Aug 2015 11:38:23 +0200 eurozone-approves-greek-bailout-in-return-for-far-reaching-reforms Update: Germany said on Wednesday it still needed time to review an international bailout agreement hammered out by Greece and its creditors, but aimed to take a stance by the week's end. https://www.thelocal.de/20150812/rebels-in-merkels-cdu-defy-party-lines Wed, 12 Aug 2015 13:59:55 +0200 rebels-in-merkels-cdu-defy-party-lines Greece's finance minister announced on Tuesday morning that the Athens government and negotiators sent by the country's creditors had agreed on the shape of a new bailout deal, putting a political showdown on the cards in Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20150811/greece-agrees-new-bailout-deal-with-creditors Tue, 11 Aug 2015 12:01:20 +0200 greece-agrees-new-bailout-deal-with-creditors Germany is growing increasingly dubious that a deal on a third bailout for Greece can be sealed this month, the daily Bild reported Thursday citing a government source. https://www.thelocal.de/20150806/greece-deal-may-not-be-reached-this-month Thu, 06 Aug 2015 13:50:34 +0200 greece-deal-may-not-be-reached-this-month The Bundestag on Friday afternoon approved negotiations on a third bailout for Athens with a clear majority of 439 voting in favour, while 119 MPs voted against the motion. https://www.thelocal.de/20150717/mps-set-for-crucial-greece-bailout-vote Fri, 17 Jul 2015 10:09:20 +0200 mps-set-for-crucial-greece-bailout-vote UPDATE: In an editorial to be published in Die Zeit on Thursday, former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis accuses German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble of planning to 'sacrifice' Greece as an example to other eurozone members. https://www.thelocal.de/20150715/germany-maintains-no-to-greek-debt-relief Wed, 15 Jul 2015 16:22:24 +0200 germany-maintains-no-to-greek-debt-relief US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew will travel to Germany and France on Wednesday and Thursday for talks with top officials after the tentative new bailout deal for Greece. https://www.thelocal.de/20150715/us-treasury-secretary-heads-to-germany Wed, 15 Jul 2015 10:18:05 +0200 us-treasury-secretary-heads-to-germany Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble said at a meeting in Brussels on Tuesday that talks to unlock a third financial aid package for Greece would be “unusually difficult”, with little room for manoeuvre around strict European rules. https://www.thelocal.de/20150714/schaeuble-expects-unusually-difficult-greece-talks Tue, 14 Jul 2015 18:21:42 +0200 schaeuble-expects-unusually-difficult-greece-talks Greece on Sunday faced a final EU summit to clinch a deal that would stop Athens crashing out of the euro after divided eurozone ministers halted "very difficult" talks on a new bailout overnight. https://www.thelocal.de/20150712/greece-faces-d-day-as-bailout-talks-resume Sun, 12 Jul 2015 11:57:34 +0200 greece-faces-d-day-as-bailout-talks-resume Now that Greeks have voted against accepting tough austerity conditions in return for a fresh tranche of bailout cash, The Local asked Professor Michael Wohlgemuth of Open Europe Berlin how Chancellor Angela Merkel, other political leaders and the German public may respond. https://www.thelocal.de/20150706/how-will-germany-react-to-the-greek-vote Mon, 06 Jul 2015 12:35:11 +0200 how-will-germany-react-to-the-greek-vote UPDATE: Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble said on Friday that there would be no quick release of bailout funds to Greece after the country's referendum on whether to accept its creditors' terms on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150703/germany-rejects-imf-call-for-greece-debt-relief Fri, 03 Jul 2015 16:50:40 +0200 germany-rejects-imf-call-for-greece-debt-relief Tabloid Bild continued its campaign against bailouts for Greece on Friday by calling its own "referendum", asking readers to fill out a poll on whether Germany should keep stumping up. German politicians were divided on how the Greek vote would affect Europe. https://www.thelocal.de/20150703/bild-calls-own-greece-referendum Fri, 03 Jul 2015 10:16:46 +0200 bild-calls-own-greece-referendum Prokopis Pavlopoulos, President of Greece, has cancelled plans to visit Berlin next Tuesday, German media reported on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150702/greek-president-cancels-berlin-visit Thu, 02 Jul 2015 16:53:00 +0200 greek-president-cancels-berlin-visit German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble said Wednesday crisis-hit Greece was sending mixed signals in debt talks and called on its government to "clarify its position" before negotiations with creditors can resume. https://www.thelocal.de/20150701/no-greece-talks-before-referendum-merkel Wed, 01 Jul 2015 10:25:36 +0200 no-greece-talks-before-referendum-merkel With 'Grexit' (Greek exit from the euro) looking increasingly likely on Monday, Germany remained at the centre of efforts to keep it in the single currency. Catch up on a day of dramatic action here. https://www.thelocal.de/20150629/live-blog-greece-merkel-bundestag-grexit-eurozone Mon, 29 Jun 2015 11:42:33 +0200 live-blog-greece-merkel-bundestag-grexit-eurozone