Ministers continue battle over euro rules

The battle between the smaller countries and France and Germany on the implementation of the euro rules intensified over the weekend.

On Thursday, German Finance Minister Hans Eichel said that the Netherlands - its main critic in the battle over the euro rules - would also break the rules next year.

But in an interview with German daily Die Welt on Saturday, Dutch Finance Minister Gerrit Zalm emphatically denied this and launched a strong attack on Germany's recent flouting of th...