>Citation needed.It's Germany's money that's bankrolling the bailouts, and as far as I can tell (from quite some distance away, mind you)
First, it's not just about the current bailout. It's a pattern of behavior going back to the eighties, and especially evident after the re-union with East Germany, and it has to do with control of EU directives and policies (including, but not limited to, monetary policies).
(Or rather, one could say, it's a pattern of behavior going back to the first and second world wars, as the whole European Union, as an initiative was thought up to constrain future German foul-play ( http://www.amazon.com/The-New-World-Perry-Anderson/dp/184467... )).
>It's Germany's money that's bankrolling the bailouts, and as far as I can tell
Not really. In fact they could care less about Greece or the South in general, it's about saving their banks and using tax-payer money to siphon it to the German (and French etc) equivalent of Wall Street:
First, it's not just about the current bailout. It's a pattern of behavior going back to the eighties, and especially evident after the re-union with East Germany, and it has to do with control of EU directives and policies (including, but not limited to, monetary policies).
(Or rather, one could say, it's a pattern of behavior going back to the first and second world wars, as the whole European Union, as an initiative was thought up to constrain future German foul-play ( http://www.amazon.com/The-New-World-Perry-Anderson/dp/184467... )).
>It's Germany's money that's bankrolling the bailouts, and as far as I can tell
Not really. In fact they could care less about Greece or the South in general, it's about saving their banks and using tax-payer money to siphon it to the German (and French etc) equivalent of Wall Street:
http://www.economist.com/node/18560535
http://speri.dept.shef.ac.uk/2013/11/11/dirty-secret-euro-zo...
http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2013-09-12/is-germany-r...
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-06-11/crisis-sav...
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/germany-profiting...
https://euobserver.com/economic/114231