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Major news items in leading German newspapers

Xinhua, March 16, 2015 Adjust font size:

The following are major news items in leading German newspapers on Monday.

Die Welt:

-- Greek Finance Minister Janis Varoufakis was annoying especially his colleagues in Europe for weeks by his new demands and confusing interviews. But now the Greeks begin to doubt whether this man is really suitable as finance minister. Because, for more than a year, Greece has done nothing but to retrieve obviously untaxed assets of Greek citizens from Switzerland.

Sueddeutsche Zeitung:

-- European Council President Donald Tusk warned the 28 European Union (EU) member states that cutting Greece accidentally off the community would have dramatic geopolitical consequences. "We have to prevent such an idiotic scenario," Tusk said in an interview, adding that there have already been too many things that had happened accidentally in European history.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung:

-- German Chancellor Angela Merkel asked the EU and China to quickly complete the negotiations on an investment agreement. Speaking on Sunday night at the opening of the computer fair CeBIT in Hanover, she said the cooperation with Chinese companies in the information technology could be closer. Endit