article_snippet: Germany angrily dismissed the demands yesterday, saying Germany had paid reparations to Greece.
article_snippet: A spokesman for German chancellor Angela Merkel said the issue had been ‘legally and politically resolved’ at that time and during the talks which led to German reunification in 1990.
article_snippet: The ruling about German assets can only be backed by a justice minister and a justice minister predecessors have always baulked at doing so.
article_snippet: However, a spokesman for German Chancellor Angela Merkel, pictured, has said there is no reason to hold talks with Greece on the issue .
article_snippet: The German finance ministry said there would be no negotiation over the war-time debts.
highlights_snippet: But Germany has dismissed the demands saying reparations have already been solved .