Oskar Lafontaine, the German finance minister who launched the euro, has now called for its break-up in order to let southern Europe recover.
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard of The Telegraph does the reporting:
- “The economic situation is worsening from month to month” says Lafontaine
- Lafontaine blames much of the crisis on Germany’s wage squeeze to gain export share
More here: German euro founder calls for ‘catastrophic’ currency to be broken up
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Source: The Economist
