So far as I can tell, Merkel is trying to govern responsibly. Her detractors are mostly Democrat lookalikes playing the I hate minorities, women and children cards.
Exactly. This is just the whining of a bunch of losers.
She’s trying to Federalize the EU in a buy off bail out deal like the left here wants to dictate to the states through Federal buyouts. We call it strings attached to free programs. Europeans are not accustomed to a federal dictator enemy within like we are and they see her an outside enemy trying to end their self determination, sovergnity and rights.
We tell ourselves the commies are a part of the “American” family; American relatives who just disagree with us about the meaning of the constitution.
In reality, centralized power dictator wannabes are dictators who want to dictate. It would be nuts for Europeans to surrender their governments and power to an elected or unelected (as is currently the case) EU. Avoiding the immediate pain of Euro collapse is not worth ending your freedom for at least generations. The EU has a nasty personality that will only get worse the more power it gets.