Chancellor Angela Merkel rejected quick solutions proposed to fix Europe’s financial crisis such as joint debt sharing, saying Germany can’t save the world economy alone and fellow Group of 20 countries must help, the BBC informs. Merkel, in a speech to parliament in Berlin yesterday, said the debt crisis and Germany’s role in stemming it will be the “central topic” at next week’s G-20 summit in Mexico. While Germany will use its strength “in the service of European unity,” the euro and the global economy, Merkel said she opposes “seemingly easy” solutions that risk backfiring. “All eyes are on Germany,” she said. “But we also know that Germany’s power is not infinite. So our responsibility as Europe’s largest economy is to deploy our strength credibly, so that we can be of full use to Europe.” Merkel signaled a showdown with global peers at the June 18-19 meetings over ending the crisis that has made Spain the fourth euro-area country to need a bailout and driven up Italy’s borrowing costs.
