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 Germany will work closely with Greece's new government under left-wing prime minister Alexis Tsipras, both on its debt troubles and on the migrant crisis, Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman said Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150921/berlin-will-work-closely-with-new-greek-govt Mon, 21 Sep 2015 15:45:20 +0200 berlin-will-work-closely-with-new-greek-govt German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble, who has taken a hard line on a third Greek bailout, said he was "confident" his eurozone peers would reach an agreement at a meeting Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150814/schuble-confident-of-result-at-eu-greece-talks Fri, 14 Aug 2015 18:07:08 +0200 schuble-confident-of-result-at-eu-greece-talks As more and more countries send positive signals about a possible deal with Greece for a fresh tranche of bailout cash, the resistance of Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble is leaving Germany more and more isolated in Europe. https://www.thelocal.de/20150814/germany-isolated-over-latest-greek-bailout Fri, 14 Aug 2015 11:00:37 +0200 germany-isolated-over-latest-greek-bailout 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 A study released on Tuesday shows that Germany's firm stance on Greek reforms has split European public opinion. But of all the main parties to the negotiations Berlin still fared best in the polling. https://www.thelocal.de/20150804/german-handling-of-greece-crisis-splits-europe Tue, 04 Aug 2015 19:24:33 +0200 german-handling-of-greece-crisis-splits-europe French Finance Minister Michel Sapin said in an interview Sunday that his German counterpart Wolfgang Schäuble was "wrong" to propose a temporary withdrawal from the euro for debt-laden Greece, evoking "a clear disagreement". https://www.thelocal.de/20150803/france-schuble-was-wrong-on-grexit Mon, 03 Aug 2015 10:12:59 +0200 france-schuble-was-wrong-on-grexit Joschka Fischer, former German vice-chancellor and foreign minister between 1998 and 2005, unleashed an uncompromising attack on Chancellor Angela Merkel over her Greek policy in an article published by newpspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150727/ex-foreign-minister-blasts-merkels-fatal-greece-policy Mon, 27 Jul 2015 19:01:24 +0200 ex-foreign-minister-blasts-merkels-fatal-greece-policy A Greek restaurant-owner in Berlin is bringing his homeland's current political crisis to life for customers – by creating a menu based on Greece's financial struggles. https://www.thelocal.de/20150727/dish-of-the-day-the-grexit-platter Mon, 27 Jul 2015 14:17:46 +0200 dish-of-the-day-the-grexit-platter Wolfgang Bosbach, one of the most senior figures in the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), has resigned from his position as chair of the home affairs select committee in protest against the policies of his government towards Greece. https://www.thelocal.de/20150724/top-csu-mp-resigns-over-greece Fri, 24 Jul 2015 10:42:26 +0200 top-csu-mp-resigns-over-greece 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 Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble reacted positively on Thursday to news that the Greek parliament had passed the reform package agreed upon between Athens and its creditors. https://www.thelocal.de/20150716/athens-yes-vote-important-step-schuble Thu, 16 Jul 2015 10:56:58 +0200 athens-yes-vote-important-step-schuble 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 The deal on Greek reforms has been met with horror in certain quarters, as German journalists worry that their government is undermining 70 years of post-war diplomacy. https://www.thelocal.de/20150714/germans-grexit-diplomatic-agreekment-in-greece-talks Tue, 14 Jul 2015 10:16:49 +0200 germans-grexit-diplomatic-agreekment-in-greece-talks UPDATE: Eurozone leaders have reached a deal in Brussels after an all-night negotiation to establish preconditions for a new financial aid programme for Greece. https://www.thelocal.de/20150713/euro-summit-stuck-on-greek-sell-off Mon, 13 Jul 2015 10:26:49 +0200 euro-summit-stuck-on-greek-sell-off What do ordinary Germans think about who is to blame for the Greek crisis and what can be done to solve it? The Local hit the streets of Berlin to find out. https://www.thelocal.de/20150710/germany-has-shown-a-lot-of-patience Fri, 10 Jul 2015 16:51:13 +0200 germany-has-shown-a-lot-of-patience Updated: Greece's parliament should start implementing the reforms its has proposed to its European creditors immediately to show good faith, a German Finance Ministry spokesman said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150710/german-politicians-react-sceptically-to-reform-list Fri, 10 Jul 2015 11:22:23 +0200 german-politicians-react-sceptically-to-reform-list The European Central Bank should not provide any more emergency liquidity to Greece, the head of the German central bank said on Thursday, calling for any further financial aid to the debt-wracked country to be put up by governments. https://www.thelocal.de/20150709/stop-throwing-cash-at-greece-bundesbank Thu, 09 Jul 2015 12:51:00 +0200 stop-throwing-cash-at-greece-bundesbank