Van Rompuy Calls Mexico Preachy as EU Seeks Former Luster

European Union President Herman Van Rompuy said he has had enough of “countries like Mexico” telling him how to resolve the euro area’s sovereign-debt crisis.

“I’m fed up with being in the dock,” Van Rompuy said today at a European political party meeting in Florence, Italy. “Countries like Mexico -- I don’t want to be unpleasant and mention other countries -- but other countries like Mexico are preaching to us and telling us what we should do in Europe. And these countries have got civil war at home.”