Merkel seeks calm after Juncker E-bond blast

Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, called on the 8 December 2010 for calm in the European Union after an angry attack by Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister of Luxembourg, who accused Berlin of being 'un-European' and 'a bit simple' in making some areas 'taboo' in EU negotiations.

Amid signs of increasing tension between eurozone leaders over how to cope with the sovereign debt crisis that has undermined their common currency, Ms Merkel urged her fellow EU leaders to concentrate on reaching a good decision for the future of the euro at the forthcoming European Council summit in Brussels, 16-17 December 2010.

Spiegel Online International, 8.12.10: Juncker Calls German Thinking 'Simple' http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,733571,00.html

Blog: BBC: Gavin Hewitt's Europe, 8.12.10: Where now for the euro? http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/gavinhewitt/2010/12/where_now_for_the_euro.html

EUObserver, 9.12.10: Juncker calls Germany 'un-European' ahead of EU summit http://euobserver.com/9/31466

ESO: Background information: E-bonds would end the crisis / Europe’s leaders at odds over bond plan http://www.europeansources.info/record/e-bonds-would-end-the-crisis-europes-leaders-at-odds-over-bond-plan/

Deutsche Welle, 8.12.10: Germany rejects criticism in eurozone bonds spat http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,6310571,00.html

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