Merkel denies pressuring Spain on bailout

Former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Rodriguez Zapatero had published on the week before a book called "The Dilemma" about his last years in office, recalling how Merkel, as well as the heads of the European Central Bank (ECB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approached him during 2010-2011 to ask his country to take a bailout.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has "no memory" of allegedly pressuring Spain on taking a bailout in 2011, her spokesman Steffen Seibert said on the 6 December 2013.

ESO: Background information: IMF highlights solvency of Spanish banks after restructuring http://www.europeansources.info/record/imf-highlights-solvency-of-spanish-banks-after-restructuring/

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