''Until now, diplomacy has shaped the Franco-German relationship, which
required about as much restraint and caution as the act of packing and
unpacking crates of porcelain.
But now conditions have changed, following the debate over the “Grexit” and
the hectic Greek bailout, and plain language has replaced cotton-ball politics.
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble’s suggestion that Greece withdraw
from the euro zone for five years was apparently too ruthless for many French
politicians.
In an exclusive interview with Handelsblatt, his French counterpart, Michel
Sapin, said that there is a “clear dissent” in France with Mr. Schäuble on the
Grexit issue.
This is not his own position, he added, nor is it the one Germany had
recently assumed.
“I believe that Wolfgang Schäuble is mistaken and is even contradicting his
deep European desire,” Mr. Sapin said: “Some of us thought it was headstrong to
make certain proposals during the debate.”
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