"To solve Germany's problem we should not create problems for everyone else", Frederik Reinfeldt said in Brussels.

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BRUSSELS (AFP) - Swedish Prime Minister Frederik Reinfeldt said Thursday his country is willing to listen to a controversial Franco-German proposal for EU treaty change, if it doesn't cause problems.

Arriving for a two-day summit set to slap new sanctions on debt and deficit offenders to prevent new economic crises, Reinfeldt said he would not oppose a Paris-Berlin call to set up a permanent rescue fund that however would require treaty change.

"If Germany tells us that to achieve that we need a treaty change we are open to listen to that, but it's very important to say that to solve Germany's problem we should not create problems for everyone else," he said.

Germany says it cannot put funds into the rescue pot without changing the just-born and hard-fought Lisbon Treaty as this would be challenged by Berlin's constitutional court.

Reinfeldt however said he opposed Germany's call for debt and deficit offenders to be stripped of their voting rights.

"We need automatic sanctions which in that case should be economic and not going for voting rights," he said.