Germany sternly rebuffed foreign critics of its economic policies, lauding the strength of its recovery while criticising its trade partners for lax finances and currency manipulation.
Washington and Paris have both called for Germany to boost internal demand instead of relying on exports to fuel its recovery.
But Rainer Brüderle, Germany’s economics minister, delivered a robust defence of the country’s economic course on Thursday before taking a swipe at the US, France and, implicitly, China. “Growing domestic demand shows our recovery is standing on two feet,” said Mr Brüderle, calling on Christine Lagarde, the French finance minister, to take note of Germany’s “self-sustaining upturn”.
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