They're awfully sloppy today. In point of fact, numerous outlets (e.g. SZ) are reporting that Westerwelle's delegation included business partners of both his brother and his significant other.
If he had just taken his SO, I doubt this would be news at all. But this has all the signs of straight-up favoritism. The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman
