A general view of the lower house of German parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany September 26, 2017. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
BERLIN (Reuters) - In 2008, in a fit of pique over Angela Merkel's cautious response to the global financial crisis, the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, lashed out at his German counterpart.
"While France is acting, Germany is just thinking about it," Sarkozy seethed.
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