Chancellor Angela Merkel’s manner over the Greek conflict has been mostly obliging, while her finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble played the role of bad guy.
Thanks to a loathsome alliance, Merkel and Schäuble have been able to impose all of Germany’s demands on Greece. The result is a regime of sanctions and coercion.
What kind of a Europe do we want? Surely one that values solidarity. The German course of austerity therapy has failed. It is time to correct the mistakes.
The monetary system is based on confidence, and that confidence has been shattered. The end of the monetary union is dawning – even if Greece remains in the euro.