8 May 2017
Germany’s Merkel: Changing German policy to help Macron isn’t priority - LiveSquawk
German Chancellor Angela Merkel was out on wires last hour, via LiveSquawks, stating that it wasn't their priority to change their policy in order to help the new French President Macron.
Key quotes (via LiveSquawk):
- We want to help France lower unemployment rate, especially among young people
- German trade surplus due to quality of products, as well as policies Of ECB
- German trade surplus is expected to fall in coming years, partly due to rising wages