Simmering tensions in the eurozone have been laid bare by a ruling French Socialist party document denouncing Chancellor Angela Merkel’s “selfish intransigence” over austerity and Britain’s “Thatcherite” prime minister.
The attack, in a leaked draft paper on European policy, capped a week in which calls have mounted from several European leaders for a review of austerity policies championed by Germany. The leak is likely to embarrass President François Hollande, who insists he has a good working relationship with Ms Merkel, despite acknowledging “friendly tension” between them.
