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Rome, 11 June 2015 – Only 50 years of Cold War (and the fact that German Chancellor Angela Merkel grew up in East Germany) can possibly explain the strange political power of the United States over Europe.

**Merkel with her hands in the characteristic Merkel-Raute position | Author: Armin Linnartz | Wikimedia Commons

After a bilateral meeting between Merkel and U.S. President Barack Obama (so much for transparency and participation), the Jun. 7-8 G7 summit opened in Germany and we found out that there had been a trade-off.

Merkel agreed that Europe should continue the sanctions against Russia – and so the other members of the G7 duly agreed – and Obama toned down the U.S. position on Greece.

That position had been forcefully expressed by U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew a few days earlier to European leaders: solve the Greek problem, or this will have a global impact that we cannot afford.

Merkel agreed that Europe should continue the sanctions against Russia – and so the other members of the G7 duly agreed – and Obama toned down the U.S. position on Greece.

This had suddenly accelerated negotiations, with the hope then that everything would be solved before the G7 summit.

Human Wrongs Watch

10 June 2015 (RT)* – WikiLeaks published more secret documents from the controversial TPP agreement on Wednesday [10 June]. The leaked drafts concerning healthcare in the US have activists worried the agreement might play into the hands of big pharmaceutical companies.

Source: RT