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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Analysis: Southern Europe's leaders eager for Merkel, public fearful

German Chancellor Merkel waves during a CDU election campaign rally in Heringsdorf at the Baltic seaBy Julien Toyer MADRID (Reuters) - Southern European leaders await Angela Merkel as a potential savior for their depressed economies after her likely re-election in September, but ordinary citizens from Lisbon to Athens just fear more German-ordained austerity. Four years into the euro zone debt crisis, people in debt-laden Spain, Italy, Greece, Portugal and Cyprus are deeply worried that a third term in power for the conservative German chancellor may only bring them more economic pain. ...



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