BERLIN (MNI) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the newly
elected French President Francois Hollande in a phone conversation on
Sunday stressed the importance of the German-Franco relationship, the
German chancellery said.
“Both agree about the importance of close German-Franco relations
and asserted each other that they aim for a good and faithful
cooperation,” the chancellery explained.
Merkel invited Hollande to come to Berlin as soon as possible.
French voters gave Socialist candidate Francois Hollande a fairly
modest victory of 51.7% over incumbent president Nicolas Sarkozy in the
final round of elections on Sunday.
The German government has made clear on many occasions that it
opposes any renegotiations of the EU fiscal compact, as demanded by
Hollande.
–Berlin bureau: +49-30-22 62 05 80; email: twidder@marketnews.com
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