BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday dismissed calls by business leaders to drop plans for a nuclear tax, saying threats usually backfired.
"It's like this with me: if anything seems like a threat or blackmail, then that usually leads me to go in the opposite direction," Merkel said in a video-interview with media group madsack published on Tuesday.
"I also don't believe I owe anything to a specific group of the society but as chancellor I have to be responsible for everyone in Germany," she added.
