Did Germany sow the seeds of the eurozone debt crisis?
(...) Former EU Commission president Romano Prodi Romano Prodi says he was prevented from fining France and Germany for breaking euro rules They voted to let France and Germany off. They voted not to enforce the rules they had signed-up to and which were designed to protect the stability of the single currency. (...) Who is to blame for starting the current crisis in the eurozone? Greece? Italy? The real answer may lie further north. East Berliners climbing onto the Berlin wall in 1989 Having to pay for its reunification after the fall of the Berlin wall, Germany broke the budget deficit rules in 2003 - did this set a bad example for the eurozone? Did Germany sow the seeds of the eurozone debt crisis? By Allan Little BBC News Who is to blame for starting the current crisis in the eurozone? Greece? Italy? The real answer may lie further north. It was not the behaviour of the eurozone's southern members that first plunged the si