Westerwelle ‘Scapegoat for Woeful Foreign Policy’

Article looks at Germany's Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle. He had come under considerable criticism for his work and, in particular, for Germany's policy in the Libya crisis in 2011. However, there were those in his FDP party who supported him

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