The French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici took to Twitter on Wednesday to deny that he had fallen asleep during Cypriot bailout talks, slamming what he called "French bashing."
A Reuters report on Wednesday suggested that Moscovici had nodded off during bailout talks for Cyprus on March 24 and that International Monetary Fund chief, Christine Lagarde, had to nudge him awake.
The story suggested that France had lost its political voice in Europe after it was reported that Lagarde had remarked, "Now I understand why we don't hear France's voice.''
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