Yes. German tool and die workers are among the best in the world. The PIIGS want they same benefits the Germans have but they are not even close in being as productive. As far as America versus Europe?
They did not elect a muslim to rule over them like the idiot serfs who watch TV in America. TV will keep them serfs and eventually dhimini serfs.
Italy is net contributor to the European Union. In fact the third or fourth (depends on the year) largest net contributor. I´m sick of racist generalizations. Germans don´t think that way: mass media try to make them think that way.