When Greece teetered on the edge of bankruptcy last summer, Germany provided the stern leadership that kept Athens in the eurozone only after it gave into strong austerity demands. It’s a role Berlin, Europe’s economic engine, has played throughout the five-year sovereign debt crisis. But now, mere months after that victory, a number of crises are testing German Chancellor Angela Merkel and raising concerns that Berlin — Europe’s rock — is starting to crack.
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