Germany Says No to European Car Aid
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel has made headlines with her hard-line stance against bailing out deeply indebted neighbors in Europe. One reason for her recalcitrance: The fiscally conservative Germans aren’t eager to help pay for others’ profligate behavior. Now German automakers are proving just as resistant to pleas from embattled peers seeking government aid to reduce car manufacturing overcapacity in the region.