German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said the government would not allow the troubled German mortgage lender Hypo Real Estate to "become a crisis for the entire banking system." Officials from the German government, central bank and financial regulator met on Sunday after a 35-billion euro deal to rescue HRE collapsed. Speaking at a joint news conference in Berlin with Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck, Merkel said managers at financial institutions should be held accountable for what she termed irresponsible behaviour.
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Merkel pledges support for Ukraine's NATO membership bid ... was working on an "institution specific solution" for HRE. Hypo Real Estate was the first blue chip German company to seek a government rescue package after being sucked into the global financial turmoil due its exposure to massive bad debt.
(Deutsche Welle)
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