According to reports in the German media, the European Commission will next Tuesday recommend compulsory economic measures that Berlin will have to enforce if it wishes to avoid billions of euro in fines.
Germany has breached the rules underpinning the euro - known as the Stability and Growth Pact - for two successive years and is certain to do so again next year.
These rules state that a country's budget deficit - its ta...
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