by Colman
Wed Mar 1st, 2006 at 10:27:26 AM EST
As Angela Merkel celebrates her one hundredth day as the German Chancellor, the British liberal MEP Graham Watson accuses her government of keeping the European Parliament under Berlin command (EurActiv).
Cabbage crates over the briny!
The British MP argues that Hans-Gert Pöttering, leader of the EPP, and Martin Schulz, Socialist leader, negotiated private deals that were acceptable to the Merkel's coalition government in Berlin and then tried to impose the compromise on their groups.
"The danger is that the German coalition makes parliament less bold, particularly in the field of economic reform. In a sense it undermines the credibility of Parliament as the representative voice for Europe's people," Watson told to the Financial Times.
Sausage squad up the blue end!
Because of course being less bold in the field of economic reform is unrepresentative of Europe's people.
