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Ugly battles strain Berlin-Hamburg relations
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-12-11 10:49

STAY OUT, MERKEL

Hamburg Mayor Ole von Beust, who spent months secretly meeting Mehdorn and offering the lure of the harbor sale, told Chancellor Merkel to stay out of the row -- even though her government owns the railway operator.

"If she's smart, she'll stay out of it," said von Beust with surprising bluntness given that the new chancellor is also the leader of his own conservative party.

"This is not any sort of pseudo competition between the two cities, but rather it's only about corporate interests," added von Beust, whose city of 1.7 million is 300 km (180 miles) northwest of Berlin.

Merkel, herself from East Germany, has remained silent in public, but Bild am Sonntag newspaper said she was "extremely annoyed" by Hamburg's moves.

Transport Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee said the government opposes any move because it would be a setback to the economically depressed east. Mehdorn, however, was undeterred and said he would study the Hamburg move further.

The tit-for-tat fight for each other's corporate gems has marred relations between the cities at a time when ties were growing closer thanks to a new high-speed rail link that cut inter-city travel time to 90 minutes.

BAD BLOOD

The bad blood between the two cities has historical roots. Even before World War Two, Hamburg resented Berlin's political power and greater size, while Berlin envied Hamburg's affluence.

Hamburg, which flourished as West Germany's media and transport hub with its lucrative port, now resents having to pay subsidies to poorer states such as Berlin as they try to catch up economically after decades of isolation during the Cold War.

A recent Bertelsmann Foundation study measuring the economic strength and position of Germany's 16 states found Hamburg to be the "most successful" state for a third consecutive year while Berlin slipped one notch to 15th.
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