Thursday, November 13, 2014

Germany's Schaeble defends EU president Juncker over tax scandal

Germany's Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble ["sho-ee-bleh"] has defended the EU's new Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker against claims he allowed tax breaks for companies while he was Prime Minister of Luxembourg.

Schaeuble ["sho-ee-bleh"] says Juncker should not be a target of personal accusations, despite the EU president continuing to face calls to step down.

Our Europe correspondent Sandra Gathmann has more:

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