"Ferrari have left me free to decide and have given me the time that I need to make up my mind, " the German added.

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The German weekly added that a rebel deputy on Tuesday declared himself independent while another said he refused to vote for an austerity package on Wednesday.

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His pleas are faintly ironic given that the pact's original German authors added the word growth to its title only on the insistence of the French.

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