Eurogroup head faces criticism

Brussels: Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem faced criticism on Wednesday after saying that southern European countries blew their money on “drinks and women”. The row further calls into question Dutch finance minister Dijsselbloem’s position as leader of his colleagues in the 19-country eurozone, after his party lost out in elections last week. “During the euro crisis, the countries of the north of the eurozone showed solidarity with the countries in crisis,” he was quoted in an interview that appeared in Germany’s Frankfurter Allgemeine

Zeitung newspaper.