Both France and Germany have reacted angrily to comments by US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld describing them as "old Europe."
"Germany has been a problem and France has been a problem," Mr Rumsfeld told journalists on Wednesday adding that the "power centre" in Europe had moved after the expansion of NATO to include East European countries.
His words follow the decision by Paris and Berlin to form a more united front against a war in Iraq and have sparked a volley of criticism...
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