For the first time, German finance minister Hans Eichel admitted yesterday (23 October) that his country would break the EU's economic rules for a third year in a row.
The EU's stability and growth pact forbids euro zone countries - the twelve countries that share the euro - to have a budget deficit of more than three percent of GDP.
But Mr Eichel admitted yeste...
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