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In reply to the discussion: Germany is in the wrong, very wrong, in Europe, and must be corrected. Further information: [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)3. When do they have elections in Germany?
Merkel has failed utterly, worse than failed, added fuel to the fire regarding how to resolve the issues in Europe.
She appears to have total disregard for the sovereignty of other nations, Greece eg. Not that she's alone in this, but she has certainly been up front about it. Eg, after Papandreau had the gall to suggest that the Greek people should vote on whether or not they should accept the last round of Austerity programs, Merkel angrily stated that she 'could not guarantee another 50 years of peace' in Europe.
Papandreau was then forced out of office and replaced by an unelected Goldman Sachs puppet.
I'm not sure what she meant by that comment but it sure sounded pretty threatening to a lot of people.
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Germany is in the wrong, very wrong, in Europe, and must be corrected. Further information: [View all]
Ghost Dog
May 2012
OP
Here's an example of a move in the right direction from Germany, though: German pay deal offers euro
Ghost Dog
May 2012
#1
Greece needs to give back the money or take it's medicine. The EU needs more central power over
RB TexLa
May 2012
#4
German workers should receive higher wages and pay higher prices for consumer goods
Ghost Dog
May 2012
#9
WTF???? On what do you think the Greeks were spending those Euros? Hint, it wasn't
coalition_unwilling
May 2012
#10
I thought that it was the British banks that led the financing of the Spanish real estate boom?
FarCenter
May 2012
#31
The money doesn't go to the people. Where do you think all these bailouts are going?
sabrina 1
May 2012
#25
Who said anything about the German people contributing their tax money to prop up the system?
sabrina 1
May 2012
#27
I would agree with you IF you had just said that the Greeks need to increase taxes on those who
jwirr
May 2012
#18
I wondered how long it would be before the old 'blame the victims' meme would show up.
sabrina 1
May 2012
#23
Germany is in the wrong . . . for providing all this money others have demanded of them
4th law of robotics
May 2012
#15
The EU itself is a fundamentally misguided idea that flies in the face of historical trends.
FarCenter
May 2012
#28
The Euro zone should never have included countries with cooked books and huge deficits
DFW
May 2012
#21
Seems to me both the Germans and Greeks should be going after Josef Ackermann from Deutsche Bank
suffragette
May 2012
#34