Merkel’s tough stance wins plaudits

Article reports that Chancellor Angela Merkel’s apparent success in pressing eurozone partners into a deal to help debt-laden Greece without quickly putting German money on the line at the European Council, Brussels, 25-26 March 2010 could give her foundering government the foothold it has long sought.

ESO: Background information: Eurozone agrees to Greek rescue deal http://www.europeansources.info/record/greek-deal-hammered-out-at-summit-eurozone-agrees-to-greek-rescue-deal/

Spiegel Online International, 26.3.10: 'Kohl Would Have Done the Same Thing' http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,685875,00.html

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