Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Germany will emerge stronger from the sovereign debt turmoil, as she sought to rally support for her crisis-fighting strategy ahead of elections in her home state in five days.
Merkel, in the first of five campaign appearances this week in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania before a regional vote on Sept. 4, acknowledged voter concern about the impact of the crisis on the euro, while saying that such fears are misplaced.
