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Thursday, September 19, 2013

German MPs call for Greece to forgo scheduled assumption of EU presidency

Two German MPs have called for Greece to forgo its scheduled assumption on January 1 2014 of the European Union's rotating presidency, claiming that the debt-ridden country should not be burdened with the financial cost of the task, an estimated 100 million euros.Klaus-Peter Willsch, of the Christian Democratic Union, the party led by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, told the mass ...

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