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Berlin hits out at ‘crass’ UK strategy

By George Parker in London and Bertrand Benoit in Berlin

Published: December 10 2008 20:43 | Last updated: December 10 2008 21:41

Germany’s finance minister has launched a stinging attack on the “crass Keynesianism” pursued by Gordon Brown, the British prime minister, fuelling tensions on the eve of European economic crisis talks in Brussels.

Peer Steinbrück accuses Mr Brown in a magazine interview of “tossing around billions” and saddling a whole generation with a bill for paying off British debt.

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