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Eurozone chief faces fury over insults

PORTUGAL’S Socialist prime minister demanded the resignation of Euro-group president Jeroen Dijsselbloem yesterday after he insulted the EU’s southern member states.

Antonio Costa said it was “absolutely unacceptable for him to stay in his post.”

In an interview with German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung earlier this week, the eurozone chief derided Mediterranean countries seeking debt relief as spendthrifts.

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