Left-wing group named after Greek riot dog torch EU finance chief's car

• Group named after Greek riot dog called Loukanikos
• Horst Reichenbach is leader of EU task force on Greece
• Left sees him responsible for Greece's economic woe
• His wife had parked the car near their home in Potsdam

By Allan Hall

PUBLISHED: 16:02 GMT, 16 May 2012 | UPDATED: 17:29 GMT, 16 May 2012

The euro crisis has turned violent in Germany after a shady terror group torched a car belonging to the EU finance chief tasked with sorting out the Greek financial catastrophe.

German left-wing extremists claimed responsibility for the Sunday night arson blaze which destroyed a car used by Horst Reichenbach's wife.

Reichenbach is leader of the EU task force on Greece and therefore seen by left-wingers as responsible for the continued misery of the Greek people as the country remains poised on a painful exit from the euro.

His wife Dagmar Roth-Behrendt, a social democrat EU politician, had parked the BMW outside the family home near Potsdam when it was set ablaze.

The attackers also threw stones at his house as well as bottles filled with red paint that left marks on the outside walls.

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