Germany split on increasing EU's bail-out fund - papers

Guido Westerwelle, vice-Chancellor and head of the FDP Free Democrats, said there was no justification for last week's call by Brussels for an urgent boost in the size and powers of the €440bn (£371bn) fund, writes the Telegraph. "Only a small part of the fund has been used, so there is no need to talk about increasing it," he said, adding that any further aid must come on stringent terms. The FDP's finance spokesman, Otto Solms, said the party's parliamentary group would oppose an expansion of the fund, and warned that it must not become a "bad bank" by purchasing EMU bonds pre-empti...