Michael Fuchs

The Interview vor 11 Jahren

Senior Economic Adviser to Chancellor Angela Merkel

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Berlin doesn’t house any of the European Union’s key
institutions, but there is no doubt this is the power capital of
Europe – something Greece’s new left-wing Government now knows
all too well. Germany calls the shots when it comes to shaping
Europe’s economic policy. HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur speaks to an
influential member of Chancellor Merkel’s CDU party –
Vice-Chairman of the parliamentary party Michael Fuchs. In the
high stakes showdown over Greece’s debt, has Germany used its
power wisely?