[Olog-hai]

None of their neighbors are mooches. None of them wanted to be bailed out (i.e. have bailout loans foisted on them), so that's why in the countries that did have the bailout loans foisted on them, every last government fell and was replaced with a compliant government that took the loans along with their draconian terms—two countries having their new governments appointed by the European Union rather than elected. All Germany's doing is biding their time until they can squeeze the rest of the eurozone for even more power in exchange for Germany's help; they don't care whether or not they'll cause a recession in countries outside their imperial nucleus.

[Qbert]

“None of their neighbors are mooches.”

Well, that’s good to hear- I’m sure the austerity measures will be welcomed with open arms then...