This week's article from the guardian.co.uk describes Germany as being the “lynchpin of the euro’s viability”, it also reports a suggestion that Mrs Merkel has suggested that Germany should leave the euro.
Please read the article and answer the following questions. Discuss the answers with your teacher or colleagues.
- What does the word wrangling mean?
- Arguing
- Fighting
- catching wild cows in America
- a type of clothing
- Mrs Merkel wanted certain countries to lose their voting rights in EU councils, which countries was she referring to? What argument did she use to support this idea?
- Which is the next country to need rescue according to the article?