Angela Merkel has pledged to move quickly to shore up the common currency, while voicing her exasperation with Greek profligacy. Photograph: Tobias Schwarz /ReutersDebt Crisis: Germans Rage At Picking Up Bill For 'Pampered' Greeks
As public opposition towards bailout grows by the day, so too does Angela Merkel's dilemma
When a reporter from the German tabloid Bild was sent to Athens this week to hand out now defunct drachma notes to Greeks in an attempt to persuade them to drop the euro, they were "virtually ripped out of his hands," according to the paper.
The tabloid stunt did more than any of the passionate headlines of the past few days to sum up the frustration and anger being felt in Germany towards Greece.
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