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Re:Yanis Varoufakis' first interview since resigning by _rpd on Monday July 13, 2015 @02:27PM (#9879969)
Germany is the largest financial contributor to the bailout fund. It's power is the power to say "no more."

http://www.wsj.com/articles/germany-has-a-lot-to-lose-in-a-g...

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Re:Yanis Varoufakis' first interview since resigning by facepalm on Monday July 13, 2015 @02:28PM (#9879977)
So the evilness of Germany is not donating Billions of Euros? Evil is not what it used to be anymore...
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Re:Yanis Varoufakis' first interview since resigning by _rpd on Monday July 13, 2015 @03:57PM (#9880618)
What's more, the founding treaties of the EU make it illegal for one member state to assume the debts of another member state. And the "no bailout" clause was added exactly in response to Northern European concerns that they would eventually be responsible for the debt incurred by Southern Europe.

http://www.cfr.org/world/eurozone-crisis-historical-legacy/p...

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