Madame Non and Monsieur Duracell: German-French Relations On the Rocks - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

And so the internecine war amongst the European leaders continues.

The personality clash between Chancellor Merkel of Germany and President Sarkozy of France comes at a time of huge stress on the euro, and is obviously not helpful. However, it does once again illustrate the basic problem in the euro block; namely, the coalition consists of 16 different countries whose interests are not necessarily compatible.

Here's an excerpt from this article from the German magazine Der Spiegel:

Can the German-French marriage be saved? According to a diplomat from Paris, that will require Germany to become a little more French and France, in light of the crisis, to become a little more German. In other words, it is time for the French to finally save money and the Germans to spend more of it.

For the moment, however, Germany is still looking very German.

Madame Non and Monsieur Duracell: German-French Relations On the Rocks - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International