European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services Michel Barnier addresses a news conference in Brussels March 25, 2013. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
PARIS (Reuters) - European Commissioner Michel Barnier struck back on Monday at a French minister who criticised the European Union's executive arm, calling his remarks "absurd" and saying France should stop blaming others for its own problems.
French Industry Minister Arnaud Montebourg accused European Commission President Manuel Barroso at the weekend of fuelling far-right groups through austerity policies, the latest in a growing war of words over EU-imposed measures to cut debt.
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