German governing MPs have bound the hands of Chancellor Angela Merkel and finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble in negotiations with the rest of the European union over a 'grand bargain' solution to the eurozone crisis. Meanwhile, Europe's centre-left parties have begun calling the options on the table "shameful."
The German coalition on Thursday (24 February) agreed a paper that is almost certain to be approved as a resolution on 17 March by the full sitting of the Bundestag that sets ou...
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