Alla faccia dell'euro:Merkel e Sarkozy,per i Leopard e i Rafale ... vogliono assegni in bianco firmati anche da Samaras!

Ioanna Iliadi - Today, 8:53 AMMerkel and Sarkozy want Samaras to sign to secure Leopard and Rafale sales, agreed with Papandreou

When, in late October, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy agreed with the-then Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou to grant Greece the €110 billion mega-loan, the latter agreed, in return for the loan, to purchase military supplies from Germany and France, worth €10.5bn.

The purchases made were to be in equal parts between Germany and France. The hardware to be purchased, according to Athens sources close to Antonis Samaras's New Democracy party included frigate war ships, Leopard tanks from Germany and Rafale combat aircrafts from France.

Source: www.neurope.eu