[POLITICO.EU] German Chancellor Angela Merkel...current chancellor of Germany. She was educated in East Germany when is was still run by commies, but in 1989 got involved with the growing democracy movement when the Berlin Wall fell. Merkel is sometimes referred to by Germans as
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and French President Francois Hollande
...the Socialist president of La Belle France, an economic bad joke for la Belle France but seemingly a foreign policy realist...
called for an emergency Euro summit on Tuesday, as EU leaders considered their next moves after Sunday's overwhelming rejection by Greek voters of bailout terms demanded by creditors.
Agence La Belle France-Presse, quoting a German government official, reported that the two leaders agreed in a phone call that the "No" from Greek voters must be respected.
European politicians reacted to the Greek referendum results Sunday night with a mixture of dismay and resignation as it became clear that the No campaign was winning by a large margin.
"We have to respect the vote of the Greek people," said Martin Schulz, the president of the European Parliament. "We are in a difficult situation; the Greek people said no but 18 other members agreed on the proposals of which Greeks said no."