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German Social Democratic challenger Martin Schulz returned to his European Union roots in a speech to several thousand supporters in Frankfurt, accusing Angela Merkel of souring relations with EU allies and being unacceptably vague on plans for euro-area integration.
Speaking on the German financial capital’s Roemerberg square in the shadow of the financial capital’s medieval city hall, the former European Parliament president painted a picture of an imperious German chancellor dictating policy to all the continent aided by her finance minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble.