Berlin’s goal is limited liability

Commentary feature. Will the voters of Portugal, Ireland, Greece and Spain tolerate a decade of austerity to stay in a union with Germany?

ESO: EU leaders back new bail-out system http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-leaders-back-new-bail-out-system/

ESO: Background information: Germany is playing politics as Europe drowns http://www.europeansources.info/record/germany-is-playing-politics-as-europe-drowns/

Spiegel Online International, 17.12.10: Merkel's Ironic Victory in Brussels http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,735355,00.html

Spiegel Online International, 20.12.10: Europe Turns against Germany http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,735604,00.html

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