Brussels, 15/01/2007 (Agence Europe) - The repeated calls to put the euro under the influence of the political sphere are not reassuring to German ears. Whilst during the Italian electoral campaign, "the euro was the whipping boy", Angela Merkel hit the nail on the head by reaffirming the independence of the European Central Bank (ECB). "This debate we have seen in France is of considerable concern to me", announced the German Chancellor in an interview with the French daily Le Monde of 14...