Palma.Spain is not impressed by the way it is being spoken to by the German Chancellor Angela Merkel .
This week, Merkel, under fire at home for handing billions of euros to Greece, Ireland and Portugal while raising retirement ages for Germans, said that holiday and pension rules in Europe need to be unified.
(People) in countries like Greece, Spain and Portugal should not retire earlier than in Germany.
We should all make the same efforts, this is important, she told a party event in Meschede, western Germany.
We cannot have a currency (the euro) with one person getting lots of holiday and another person very little. Long term this can't work, she said.
More holidays
Her comments raised hackles across southern Europe, with many media producing figures showing Germans and other north Europeans actually enjoyed more holidays.
The Spanish are not amused...
22/05/2013 00:00
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