March 9, 2010

Germany Is Tired of Paying Europe's Bills

Anne Applebaum, Slate

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They don't want to bail out the feckless Greeks with their flagrantly inaccurate official statistics; they resent being Europe's banker of last resort; they object to the universal demand that they plug the vast holes in the Greek budget deficit in the name of "European unity"; and for the first time in a long time they are saying it out loud.

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TAGGED: Europe, Greece, Eurozone, Angela Merkel, Germany

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