Germany and Greece: a tale of estrangement

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Germany and Greece: a tale of estrangement

George Papandreou's proposal for a referendum on the memorandum marked the start of a dizzying deterioration in ties between Berlin and Athens, characterized by misunderstandings, broken promises and highly unusual public attacks, German officials told Reuters.

ATHENS. (Reuters) - In early October of last year, German Economy Minister Philipp Roesler landed in Athens on a plane packed full of corporate executives, carrying a message of hope. Germany and its leading firms, the young minister told Greek leaders, stood ready to help Greece overcome the debt crisis that had plunged its economy into recession and pushed it to the brink of its second EU/IMF rescue in little more than a year. The mood in the meetings that followed was

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June 14, 2012

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1. Philip Vorgias wrote on June 14, 2012 11:18 PM	Leave it to Georgaki to destroy a mood of shared sacrifice. Why am I not surprised that nitwit precipitated a calamity?
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