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| Infographie : François Descheemaekere |
[Spiegel Online]
Angela Merkel is being portrayed as the loser of last week's EU summit, and she only has herself to blame after her uncompromising talk beforehand, write German commentators. The deal amounts to 'institutionalized irresponsibility," says one. Others call it an inevitable move to shore up Spain and Italy.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel made a major concession at the European Union summit last week by agreeing to give the euro zone's new permanent rescue fund, the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), the power to inject aid directly into ailing banks. She was pushed into backing down by the leaders of Italy, Spain and France, and Germany's dominance in Europe has been called into question as a result -- although some analysts say she scored a victory by securing agreement to a European central supervision authority for banks, to be run by the European Central Bank.
Some German media commentators say Merkel was forced into a corner by the "blackmail tactics" of Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, aided by French President François Hollande, and that Berlin's relations with Paris in particular have been soured as a result.
Lire : spiegel.de
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