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Jul 8, 2025 14 min

Merkel's reflections on the Greek debt crisis

from The Greek Current Hosted by Hellenic Leaders

Speaking at an event organized by Kathimerini last week in Athens, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel reflected on her tenure, touching on a number of issues, from her relationship with leaders like former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to the Greek financial crisis. Iliana Magra, a journalist with Kathimerini, joins Thanos Davelis as we break down the main takeaways from this visit. You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here: Τι είπε και τι είδε η Μέρκελ στην Αθήνα Merkel says Trump is an attention seeker and Greek debt crisis brought her to tears Merkel: Tsipras’ call about 2015 referendum was ‘most surprising’ in her career Withdrawing 2011 referendum idea was ‘best possible decision,’ says Merkel Cyprus goes high-tech in search for people missing from past conflict US transforms Souda base into fortress

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Iliana Magra, a journalist with Kathimerini, joins Thanos Davelis as we dig into former German Chancellor Angela Merkel's recent visit to Athens, where she spoke in depth about her tenure, touching on a number of issues, from her relationship with leaders like former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to the Greek financial crisis.

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