Deggendorf / Berlin - In the battle for the drying up of tax havens was Finance Minister Peer Steinbrück (SPD) attack against countries such as Switzerland, many too far. From left to right and it hails harsh criticism.
CSU chief Horst Seehofer Steinbrueck on Saturday threw a "cocky arrogance before. Even smaller countries would need to be treated fairly, "said Seehofer on a local CSU party congress in Deggendorf.
The FDP accused the Finance Minister to damage Germany's reputation abroad.
Cause of the criticism is Steinbrück naming of Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Austria in the same breath with Ouagadougou, the capital of the African state of Burkina Faso.
Also in recent weeks, the Finance Minister had with controversial Indian Cavalry Compare provoked mainly to Switzerland.
The CSU Chairman Edmund Stoiber Honorary seen in such expressions is a poisoning of the "European climate. Bavaria's Minister of European Affairs, Emilia Müller (CSU) went further and demanded that the federal government to take Steinbrueck at EU level from the market.
FDP leader Guido Westerwelle accused Steinbrueck, he was just there, "zuzerschlagen for decades maintained inventory of our state." And he also wants to see Steinbrück wiggle item: "In former times he would have been immediately dismissed."
Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) is indeed Dissent with the wording of their Finance, supported him in substance.
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