Merkel: ready for talks with other Athens – Il Sole 24 Ore

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This article was published June 29, 2015 at 13:27.

FRANKFURT – In his first public statement after the breakup of the negotiations between Greece and its creditors and the announcement of the referendum by the premier greek Alexis Tsipras, Chancellor Angela Merkel has left the door open even a compromise, but repeated his classic binomial of solidarity and responsibility, “the two faces of the same coin”, and has dusted off its slogan of the darkest moments of the crisis, according to which ‘ if the euro fails, Europe fails. ” The spokesman for the chancellor said he is willing to talk with Tsipras at any time.

The chancellor, who later convened an emergency meeting with the leaders of parties represented in Parliament, including the opposition, has held as always a line very cautious, careful to avoid tearing, even if, refer environments of Berlin, the surprise announcement on Friday night by Tsipras want to hold a referendum (and particularly the fact that the prime minister had not greek He said it would campaign for the “no” to the proposals of creditors) would greatly irritated. “The zigzag of the greek government during the last hours and days leaves you speechless,” said the Foreign Minister, Frank Walter Steinmeier, in an interview to a local newspaper.

Speaking at the conference for the 70th anniversary of the founding of his party, the CDU, Angela Merkel has warned that Europe may temporarily put aside its principles for short-term considerations, except to risk serious consequences long-term, and also explained, in an indirect message to Greece that the euro zone can manage the crisis with the tools created in recent years.

On Sunday, the chancellor had spoken with the president of the United States, Barack Obama, who has long put pressure on the Europeans because they come to an agreement with Greece, which is considered by the US too important from a geopolitical point of view to be left to itself. The US administration is also concerned about the repercussions of the turmoil caused by the Greek crisis not only on the rest of the eurozone, but the whole of the global economy, which is still in a recovery phase precarious.

In the morning , the spokesman of Mrs. Merkel had stated that Germany is open to negotiations if Greece wants it and that the chancellor is always available to talk to his colleague greek. Germany, the spokesman said, wants strong an eurozone, but Greece is a “special case.”

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