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Wolfgang Schäuble, German finance minister, on Wednesday went so far as to suggest Greece might postpone its elections and install a technocratic government free of all political parties, similar to Italy, to ensure that the bail-out programme is implemented. Financial Times
A visibly angry President Karolos Papoulias singled out Schaeuble after he appeared to suggest Greece might go bankrupt, and also attacked critics of his country in the Netherlands and Finland. “I cannot accept Mr Schaeuble insulting my country,” said Papoulias, an 82-year-old veteran of Greece’s resistance struggle against the Nazi occupation of World War Two. “Who is Mr Schaeuble to insult Greece? Who are the Dutch? Who are the Finnish?” he said in a speech at the Defense Ministry. Reuters
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There was another picture I saw sometime back in which Merkel was shown in a Nazi uniform.
Greece is the trailer in the unfolding austerity horror show. Will feature rest of the EU, UK and across the pond at the great USA.
“First they came for the Greeks …”
I like that! “First they came for the Greeks”.
“Who are the Dutch? Who are the Finnish?”
Yep – in WW2 when the Axis Powers invaded Greece, the Greek Army and people tossed them out – The Italian Army retreated and had to call the German Army in from other fronts to take control of the country.
A bit of a contrast to those brave Finnish and Dutch folks.