Claims over president threaten to engulf Merkel

Features report that outspoken public criticism of the behaviour of Christian Wulff, the senior German politician who held the largely ceremonial job of federal state president, was threatening to embroil Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor in january 2012, in a damaging political scandal that would undermine her own domestic political standing.

ESO: Background information: German president faces call to quit over loan http://www.europeansources.info/record/german-president-faces-call-to-quit-over-loan/

BBC News, 3.1.12: German President Christian Wulff in furore over loan http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16389776

Deutsche Welle, 3.1.12: Pressure grows on Germany's President to explain media threats http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15642945,00.html

Spiegel Online International, 3.1.12: 'Wulff Has Destroyed His Last Remnants of Credibility' http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,806899,00.html

BBC News, 4.1.12: Germany's President Wulff rejects resignation calls http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16412595

Deutsche Welle, 5.1.12: German President says he will not resign despite 'serious mistake' http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15644969,00.html

EurActiv, 4.1.12: German president faces widening scandal http://www.euractiv.com/elections/scandal-involving-germanys-president-unfolds-news-509962

Spiegel Online International, 5.1.12: A Performance Worthy of a Puppet Theater http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,807321,00.html

Deutsche Welle, 6.1.12: No respite for German president as row with newspaper continues http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15647844,00.html

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