In Germany, in most places you can't pay with anything but cash, or a card called EC for "Electronic Cash". No credit card. At all. Even for large amounts. They

In Germany, in most places you can't pay with anything but cash, or a card called EC for "Electronic Cash". No credit card. At all. Even for large amounts. They're still healing the wounds for 1922/23 hyper-inflation. The Germans clearly have a very peculiar relationship with money. Giving them control of the Euro was therefore a very dangerous idea.