German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle on Friday defended his country's tough stance in the eurozone's debt crisis, according to dpa. "We Germans do not expect from anyone in Europe more than what we are asking from our own citizens. We cannot explain to taxpayers in Germany that they have to do things that others do not want to do while at the same time asking for their money," Westerwelle said. Speaking as Germany was being asked to up contributions to the eurozone bailout fund, Westerwelle said his country had been "exemplary" in its solidarity towards weaker euro partners, committing more than 200 billion euros (262 billion dollars) to existing rescue funds. "It makes no sense" to give more money to Greece "if we don't know whether the reforms which have been agreed upon will be really implemented" in Athens, he said.
