German GDP shrank by 0.5 per cent in the 2012 final quarter, the worst fall since the 2009 recession. “Germany is already paying the European crisis bill” says the daily, summarising the feeling in Spain, adding PM Mariano Rajoy’s reaction to the situation in an interview to the Financial Times in which he asks Germany to do more to stimulate growth in Europe.
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