| Author (Person) | Rettman, Andrew |
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| Series Title | EUObserver |
| Series Details | 29.04.13 |
| Publication Date | 29/04/2013 |
| Content Type | News |
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A personal attack on German Chancellor Angela Merkel by French President Francois Hollande's Socialist Party which was leaked in April 2013 prompted fierce debate. The attack came in a draft policy paper designed to be published at a party congress in June 2013 but leaked on 26 April 2013 in French daily Le Monde. The 21-page text accused centre-right governments in Europe in general of a list of faults: 'cynicism … [putting] markets above people … blind austerity … naivety [on lack of protection for EU companies in an EU-US free trade zone]'. It said Chancellor Merkel was blocking an EU banking union on the 'pretext' that it required an EU treaty change to satisfy German constitutional judges. The paper added: 'The friendship between France and Germany is not a friendship between France and the European politics of Chancellor Merkel'" |
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| Source Link | http://euobserver.com/economic/119976 |
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| Countries / Regions | Europe, France, Germany |
