ECB relations with eurozone ministers simmer

EU finance ministers will gather in Finland today amid rising tension between some eurozone states and the European Central Bank (ECB).

ECB president Jean-Claude Trichet, who will also be present at the meeting, has come in for increasingly strong criticism from the political head of the 12-nation eurogroup, Luxembourg prime minister Jean-Claude Juncker.

Earlier this week Mr Juncker publicly linked the question whether he would stay on in his post as eurozone chief - due to expir...