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Tensions between Mr Westerwelle (l) and Ms Merkel have resurfaced over the weakened plans for sanctions (Photo: consilium.europa.eu)

Backtrack on EU sanctions provokes infighting in Berlin, Frankfurt

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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Tensions between Mr Westerwelle (l) and Ms Merkel have resurfaced over the weakened plans for sanctions (Photo: consilium.europa.eu)

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