> A big part of the blame for this mess rests on the shoulders of the chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel herself. Her statement that “if the euro fails, Europ

> A big part of the blame for this mess rests on the shoulders of the chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel herself. Her statement that “if the euro fails, Europe fails” was understood by Athens as a carte blanche Not really, they know she is lying. She had promised the German taxpayer that there would be no costs bailing out Greece. She falsely claimed the debt was sustainable. She promoted a bail out program that virtually destroyed the Greek economy and refuses to take responsibility for it. Talks about Greek claims and democratic vote and how it is against European peoples pretty much ignoring the humanitarian crisis. She sheds crocodile tears for elderly waiting for 60€ daily at the ATMs while monthly assistance for 400euro pensions was erased with a red pen. Knows exactly what austerity measures she wants and when she was presented with any program that does not include those measures "it is not clear enough bring another one". And when Greeks can't there is a "breach of trust" The journalist from Die Zeit simply promotes the usual rhetoric. But politically she is right. I have noticed a constant attack against her in German recently but for all the wrong reasons.