France, Britain engage in cross-Channel sniping amid tense politics, sour economic climate

PARIS — France and Britain escalated an unusual bout of sniping Friday, as Prime Minister David Cameron took a swipe at religious freedoms in France while the French finance minister criticized the U.K. economy.

The latest cross-Channel squabbling — triggered in part over a tense European Union summit last week — bared efforts to win political points at home at a time when the financial crisis has pinched both governments.

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David S. Hilzenrath, Zachary A. Goldfarb 17 Dec, 2011


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