In their place she has put hostility to Islamification, and also to the EU and the euro, which she blames for aggravating rather than helping to solve France's economic crisis.
Greek officials have indicated that Papandreou will ask Obama to impose stricter regulations on hedge funds and currency traders, who they blame for aggravating their problems and making it harder for Greece to borrow money.
Russia was to blame for aggravating the situation in southeast Ukraine, acting Foreign Minister Andriy Deshchytsia implied in a phone conversation Saturday with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, said a statement posted on the Russian Foreign Ministry's official website.
In the process Mrs. Merkel has managed to produce strong anti-German sentiments, stoke rumors of the euro's imminent collapse, anger German voters and catch blame for aggravating the crisis in Ireland and undermining the euro by unnerving investors.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) — The so-called shadow banking system, blamed by some for aggravating the global financial crisis, grew to a new high of $67 trillion worldwide last year, a regulatory group said on Sunday, calling for tighter oversight of nonbank institutions like hedge funds, private equity firms and other investment companies.
After a large protest on Sunday turned violent and the police unleashed a broad crackdown on public dissent, Gennady A. Zyuganov, the long-serving leader of Russia's Communist Party, vocally defended the demonstrators and blamed the authorities for aggravating what he said was a growing split in society in their attempt "to shut everyone's mouths with a police baton".
BRUSSELS, Nov 18 (Reuters) - The system of so-called "shadow banking," blamed by some for aggravating the global financial crisis, grew to a new high of $67 trillion globally last year, a top regulatory group said, calling for tighter control of the sector.
Drugs are widely blamed for the Caribbean's struggle with violent crime but many believe that outside influences have aggravated the problem.
