BERLIN - As Europe confronts new signs of economic trouble, national leaders, policy makers and economists are starting to challenge as never before the guiding principle of the Continent's response to six years of crisis: Germany's insistence on budget austerity as a precondition to healthy growth.
New York Times: Germany’s insistence on austerity meets with revolt in the eurozone
German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses a press conference after talks with the Finnish Prime Minister at the chancellery in Berlin on September 29, 2014.
