BERLIN (Reuters) - France is a "problem child" in the euro zone and needs to implement more austerity measures and labour market reforms to regain competitiveness, a senior ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday.
"The French need to do their homework - they're very, very behind other countries and that is alarming because France is the second biggest economy in Europe," conservative lawmaker Michael Fuchs said on Germany's Deutschlandfunk radio.
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