New York Times | Official Warmth and Public Rage for Merkel in Athens New York Times But even as Ms. Merkel said that she had come as a “good friend and a real partner,” not a “taskmaster or teacher to give grades,” the approximately 40,000 Greeks who took to the streets in protest (a rather modest number, by Greek standards) treated ... Merkel tells irate Greeks painful reforms will pay off Greek police clash with protesters during Merkel visit Merkel gets a hostile reception on Greek visit |