( Financial Times ) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel said a core group of states should press on with eurozone integration to fight the debt crisis . Berlin 's comments ran counter to U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron 's call for short - term intervention measures . Berlin saw a contradiction between the EU 's refusal to agree to new EU fiscal rules amid its calls for more intervention .
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said a core group of states should press on with eurozone integration to fight the debt crisis . Berlin 's comments ran counter to U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron 's call for short - term intervention measures . Berlin saw a contradiction between the EU 's refusal to agree to new EU fiscal rules amid its calls for more intervention .