Merkel Pushes Back Against Hollande’s Call to End Austerity
By Tony Czuczka and Patrick Donahue - Apr 24, 2012 11:16 AM ET
Bloomberg.com
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said balanced budgets are the best answer to the debt crisis, rebuffing French Socialist presidential candidate Francois Hollande’s campaign pledge to reverse Europe’s austerity drive.
As Europe’s two largest economies head toward potential conflict over quashing the crisis, Merkel and her ruling party stood firm on German-led remedies, including the debt-cutting fiscal pact signed last month by all 17 euro-area leaders.
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