Quote Originally Posted by Surferbeetle View Post
Perhaps I am outta line (no insult intended, just genuine curiosity), but I wonder why all of the media the pressure is on the Germans? There are 27 members of the EU (~16 trillion USD combined GDP) who can make structural changes and pitch in to pay the bills? The cost of the EU seems to be much cheaper than the summed cost of the wars we have seen on the continent?
Germany is the economic powerhouse in the Eurozone. It has maintained low unemployment, low inflation, low debt to revenue ratio and it will have to provide the lion's share of any bailout or rescue funds that are paid out.