As expected, EU finance ministers rubber-stamped last-night's decision to postpone any measures against France until the end of November.
But behind this decision, a real political battle is developing between smaller countries - led by Austria and the Netherlands - and larger countries - with France and Germany at the fore.
Austrian finance minister Karl-Heinz Grasser today emphasised the politics behind the economic decision.
"It's a question of how the big countries ar...
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