With economic integration pledge, Merkel seeks to defuse ECB time-bomb

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will act wisely in response to a court ruling targeting the European Central Bank's flagship stimulus programme and use the decision as impetus to drive closer euro zone economic policy coordination, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday.Addressing German lawmakers, Merkel sought to defuse a growing political crisis that has blown up since the country's Constitutional Court last week issued a ruling that threatened to hobble the ECB's flagship bond-buying..