{"id":2282,"date":"2011-11-22T11:07:45","date_gmt":"2011-11-22T16:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=2282"},"modified":"2011-11-22T11:07:45","modified_gmt":"2011-11-22T16:07:45","slug":"the-world-from-berlin-will-merkel-change-her-tune-on-euro-bonds-spiegel-online-news-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2011\/11\/22\/the-world-from-berlin-will-merkel-change-her-tune-on-euro-bonds-spiegel-online-news-international\/","title":{"rendered":"The World from Berlin: Will Merkel Change Her\u00a0Tune on Euro Bonds? &#8211; SPIEGEL ONLINE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The left-leaning Berliner Zeitung writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;People in the euro crisis have become accustomed to one constant: What Chancellor Angela Merkel categorically rejects today can still be implemented tomorrow. That makes the euro-bond debate &#8230; so exciting. A &#8216;no&#8217; from Berlin doesn&#8217;t necessarily mean the last word.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are many indications that Germany will have to finally give in again and accept one of two solutions: Either increased bond purchases by the ECB or euro bonds. But in exchange, Merkel will exact a price. She wants to use the acute urgency to construct a euro zone that corresponds to her vision&#8230;. If Europe allows this new currency union with rigid controls for countries that exceed debt limits, then Merkel will open herself up to things she has so adamantly rejected. But she&#8217;s begun a dangerous game. It could come to pass that that the currency union she wants to stabilize according to German plans may no longer exist. Then even the best treaty amendments won&#8217;t help.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>via <a href='http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/europe\/0,1518,799253,00.html#ref=rss'>The World from Berlin: Will Merkel Change Her&nbsp;Tune on Euro Bonds? &#8211; SPIEGEL ONLINE &#8211; News &#8211; International<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The left-leaning Berliner Zeitung writes: &#8220;People in the euro crisis have become accustomed to one constant: What Chancellor Angela Merkel categorically rejects today can still be implemented tomorrow. That makes the euro-bond debate &#8230; so exciting. A &#8216;no&#8217; from Berlin doesn&#8217;t necessarily mean the last word.&#8221; &#8220;There are many indications that Germany will have to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2011\/11\/22\/the-world-from-berlin-will-merkel-change-her-tune-on-euro-bonds-spiegel-online-news-international\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The World from Berlin: Will Merkel Change Her\u00a0Tune on Euro Bonds? &#8211; SPIEGEL ONLINE&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[962,1169,1293,1295],"class_list":["post-2282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uk-europe-countries-regions","tag-debt-crisis","tag-ecb","tag-euro-bonds","tag-euro-zone"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The World from Berlin: Will Merkel Change Her\u00a0Tune on Euro Bonds? - SPIEGEL ONLINE - the patient investor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The World from Berlin: Will Merkel Change Her\u00a0Tune on Euro Bonds? - SPIEGEL ONLINE - the patient investor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The left-leaning Berliner Zeitung writes: &#8220;People in the euro crisis have become accustomed to one constant: What Chancellor Angela Merkel categorically rejects today can still be implemented tomorrow. 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