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Merkel backs diesel while report warns of economic harm
By EUobserver
Germany's finance ministry said Monday that the scandal involving emissions cheating with diesel cars "must be classified in the medium-term as a risk to overall economic development", even though "its effects are not possible to quantify". The report came out a day after chancellor Angela Merkel had voiced support for the fuel at a campaign rally: "We need diesel if we are to achieve our climate protection goals."