Merkel wants to discuss cyber attacks with Russia, sees problem with value of euro

Merkel wants to discuss cyber attacks with Russia, sees problem with value of euro

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday (February 18) she would like to discuss cyber attacks and fake news with Russia, but it was questionable whether the problem of fake news could be successfully addressed before European elections this year.

“If I could wish for one thing, it would certainly be very good to get this topic, for example, on the agenda in the framework of NATO-Russia talks,” Merkel told the Munich Security Conference when asked about the issue of fake news.

Merkel also said that there was a “problem” with the value of the euro because the European Central Bank was tailoring its policies to weaker members of the euro zone and not strictly to Germany.

In an unusual foray into currency policy, Merkel told the audience: “The ECB has a monetary policy that is not geared to Germany, rather it is tailored (to countries) from Portugal to Slovenia or Slovakia. If we still had the (German) D-Mark it would surely have a different value than the euro does at the moment. But this is an independent monetary policy over which I have no influence as German chancellor.”

The remarks, made as U.S. Vice President Mike Pence watched on from the audience, came after a trade adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump accused Germany of profiting from a “grossly undervalued” euro.

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