Germany's junior coalition partners have criticised the recent EU agreement on budgetary sanctions as being weak, while European Central Bank chief Jean-Claude Trichet is also unhappy.
Political infighting in Berlin resurfaced on Thursday (21 October) after German foreign minister Guido Westerwelle of the pro-business Free Democrats said sanctions for member states must be free of "political opportunism" and show "authority and assertiveness".
Mr Westerwelle slammed a Franco-Germ...
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