We are here in london. Im guy johnson. Im francine lacqua. Happy new year to everyone. What are Angela Merkels contingency plans for grace . That is a question that is dominating the currency markets this morning and is sending the euro lower. Driving the news is a report over the weekend that says merkel could look at a greek exit. Lets go to hans nichols with the very latest. What are we to believe . We basically have three different lines from the German Government officials in germany on the report. The first is that saturday night line. That was a nondenial and ill saying they dont comment on speculative reports. Then, last night, we had the economy minister and Junior Coalition partner. He would know about internal planning inside the finance ministry. He said there were no contingency plans. This morning, we have a member of Angela Merkels party, the Party Chairman essentially, saying he cant imagine there being contingency planning. What we dont have is a firm denial that the g