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Germany: no breakthrough at EU growth policy talks

By Juergen Baetz
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Germany: no breakthrough at EU growth policy talks

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel failed to reach an agreement with the country’s opposition leaders failed on a European growth initiative in a new round of talks Wednesday, according to participants.

Merkel and top opposition lawmakers held talks at Berlin’s chancellery over policies to promote growth in Europe’s ailing southern nations and the swift introduction of a financial transaction tax.

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