Merkel wants scope to expel eurozone troublemakers

EurActiv reports comments by German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the Bundestag, 17 March 2010. She said that European Union rules need to change so that countries that repeatedly break the bloc's economic guidelines can be expelled from the euro zone.

Subsequently, in an interview broadcast on France24 on the 21 March 2010, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso said that expelling a country from the euro zone would be against current EU treaty rules.

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ESO: Background information: Germany pushes UK on hedge fund rules http://www.europeansources.info/record/germany-pushes-uk-on-hedge-fund-rules/

ESO: Background information: Germany's eurozone crisis nightmare http://www.europeansources.info/record/germanys-eurozone-crisis-nightmare/

Spiegel Online International, 17.3.10: 'The EU Has Made Things Too Easy for the Greeks' http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,684097,00.html

EurActiv, 19.3.10: Barroso: ‘No country can be expelled from euro zone’ http://www.euractiv.com/en/priorities/barroso-no-country-can-be-expelled-eurozone-news-358343

Spiegel Online International, 19.3.10: Greece Needs 'Substance and Clarity, Not Half-Baked Ideas' http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,684580,00.html

France24, 19.3.10: IMF aid for Greece ‘not a question of prestige’ says EU's Barroso http://www.france24.com/en/20100319-imf-barroso-greece-debt-eurozone-commission-germany-france-merkel-debt

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