Steffen Seibert

The chancellor would meet President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu for talks on "the joint battle against terrorism, the situation in Syria and managing the refugee crisis," said Steffen Seibert on Oct. 12.
 

German government  spokesperson Steffen Seibert said the deal between Greece and the EU institutions was on the right track, adding however, that the Chancellor would be in a position to comment in greater detail by the end of next week, after looking at the actual document.

Merkel and Mogherini are expected to make separate visits to Bosnia this week, boosting hopes that the troubled reform agenda and the EU's latest initiative for the country could be resurrected.

"The upcoming days are critical for Bosnia and Herzegovina," the Bosnian Serb chairman of Bosnia's tripartite presidency, Mladen Ivanic, was quoted as saying by local media.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Albania on July 8-9, German government spokesman Steffen Seibert said on Friday.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel plans to inform her country?s political leaders about the growing crisis in Greece as preparations get under way to cope with the consequences of a possible exit from the euro.

Merkel will meet with policy chiefs Monday afternoon in Berlin, and then brief reporters after the gathering, Steffen Seibert, her chief spokesman, said in an e-mail.

A eurozone emergency summit on Greece's debt crisis later Monday may only take the form of "consultations" if Athens' creditors haven't approved Greece's latest proposals, a German government spokesman warned.

Germany wants Greece to remain in the eurozone but it is up to Athens to agree a package of reform measures with its international creditors that brings the necessary fiscal and structural effects, a German government spokesman said.

This is Channel 4 financial analyst Paul Mason’s take on the Greek media reports citing a “Juncker compromise” to accelerate negotiations between cash-strapped Athens and its Eurozone partners-cum creditors. The IMF is reportedly balking at joining euro area countries in more bailout funds.

Berlin has distanced itself from recent statements by German President Joachim Gauck, who voiced support for Athens?s demands for reparations for the Nazi occupation of Greece during World War Two.

The German government backed away on April 20 from a steadfast refusal to use the term "genocide" to describe the massacre of Ottoman Armenians 100 years ago after rebellious members of parliament forced its hand.