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Relations between Ms Merkel and Mr Sarkozy have been strained recently (Photo: consilium.eu)

Merkel: Spain can access aid if needed

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said eurozone states including Spain are free to call on the bloc's rescue fund whenever needed.

Speaking after a meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Berlin on Monday evening (14 June), during which French plans for a eurozone "economic government" appear to have been dropped, the German leader refused to comment on whether a Spanish bail-out application was imminent, however.

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Relations between Ms Merkel and Mr Sarkozy have been strained recently (Photo: consilium.eu)

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