> At the peak of the eurozone crisis, when most of northern Europe wanted the Greek prime minister to be told his country had to leave the common currency, Merk

> At the peak of the eurozone crisis, when most of northern Europe wanted the Greek prime minister to be told his country had to leave the common currency, Merkel demurred Implying Greece was not allowed to leave the Eurozone and default on their debt because of some European solidarity vision is naive at best. Most of Greeks debt was issued by German banks who would have been holding empty bags if Greece was allowed to default on their own terms.