Epstein Secrets

stance for Israel's submarine program has been controversial for about 25 years, a topic of discussion for the media and the parliament. Chancellor Angela Merkel fears the kind of public debate that German Nobel literature laureate Gunter Grass recently reignited with a poem critical of Israel. Merkel insist

Angela Merkel fears the kind of public debate that German Nobel literature laureate Gunter Grass recently reignited with a poem critical of Israel. Merkel insists on secrecy and doesn't want to the details of the deal to be made public. To this day, the German government is sticking to its position th

s become "part of Germany's reason of state," as Chancellor Merkel said in a speech to the Israeli parliament, the

he Iran conflict. The poem met with international protests. Comparing Israel and Iran was "not brilliant, but absurd," said German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle. Netanyahu spoke of an "absolute scandal" and his interior minister banned Grass from entering Israel. But some people agreed with the author. Gan

Simon Wiesenthal Center's list of the world's worst anti-Semites. Political leaders in Berlin have a different answer than Germans at large. Does Angela Merkel mistrust the very people she governs? Is she uncomfortable with the German people? In October 2011, the German chancellor stood onstage at the acad

e Jewish Museum, in Berlin, next to conductor Daniel Barenboim. The celebratory concert had concluded, and the museum's director had just presented Merkel with its Award for Understanding and Tolerance. This is one of many awards the chancellor has received from Jewish institutions over the last coupl

ers, and accusing then-Vice President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany Michel Friedman of being "intolerant and spiteful." FDP party head Guido Westerwelle was slow to take any action on Mollemann. Not until Hans-Dietrich Genscher and the party's higher-ups intervened did Westerwelle break with Mollema

reassure Greeks the worst is over," he said. 'Path Will Be Neither Short Nor Easy' EU leaders reacted to the result with relief. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's office said she had congratulated Samaras by telephone on Sunday night and said that Merkel assumes Greece "will keep to its European commitments

d to the result with relief. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's office said she had congratulated Samaras by telephone on Sunday night and said that Merkel assumes Greece "will keep to its European commitments." German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble called the result "a decision by Greek voters to

trained," Kampeter said. "We want Greece to stay in the euro, we want Greece to continue wanting to belong to Europe," said German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, speaking before the final results were announced. He stressed that Greece had to decide on its future, saying: "You cannot stop anyone who wants t