New Straits Times | EU risks future as loveless marriage New Straits Times German Chancellor Angela Merkel meeting Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras in Athens on Oct 9. The visit indicates that Germany, EU's most powerful economy, wants Greece to stay in the euro area. Reuters pic. 1 / 1. THE European Union's Nobel ... Germany makes demands for Greek approval: report Merkel Sees “Change of Thinking” in Greece Germany shocks EU with fiscal overlord demand |