"This crisis must be resolved in a political way“. This is the position of Angela Merkel, expressed during a press conference in Berlin, who asks “more coordination and more constraints” to overcome the sovereign debt crisis, later asserting that the solution "cannot be a flick of the wand", but, rather, a complex process.
Merkel also spoke of the relationship between the ECB and the Bundesbank, after criticism by Jens Weidmann, president of the German Federal Bank, to the anti-spread plan launched by the ECB, saying that Weidmann, harshly criticized by Minister Schaeuble for his utterances, "is concerned about ensuring a sustainable solution to the crisis" and that it is natural that he should take part in the debate . The German chancellor then stated that “the independence of the ECB is very important to us, but it shouldn't venture into the realm of fiscal policy."
When asked about a possible return to the government of Silvio Berlusconi, Merkel replied elusively: “I am a democratic politician. And I focus on Germany and concrete facts".
