Germany Talks Deficit Reduction Flexibility Before Summit
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government signaled a willingness to be less rigid in interpreting European budget-deficit rules, following calls from France and Italy for more flexibility.
“It’s a question of application; it’s a question of assessing individual cases,” Steffen Seibert, Merkel’s chief spokesman, told reporters today. “We stand by that.”