Angela Merkel Backs Samaras on Greece’s Euro-Zone Future
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Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Germany will stand behind the Greek government as it struggles to overhaul the economy, rebuffing European critics who advocate Greece’s exit from the euro.
Merkel, speaking at a joint press conference with Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras in Berlin today, said the conditions for Greece’s international bailouts remain in force and she is “deeply convinced” he will make every effort to solve the country’s problems. The goal of austerity measures is to help Greece reach “the light at the end of the tunnel.”