Germany last year paid 26% of the EU's budget, with Britian leaving, mayby France following, both events would increase the German share, it could become 30, even 35% without France and without Britain. It holds 750 billion of (useless...) TARGET claims against the ECB. It pays for one quarter of the ICF budget. And has wasted I do not remember anymore how many billions in Greece. No wonder that some German freaked out there.
- But as they say: better an end with horrors, than horrors without end. And I say since so many years now that an economy that is so hopelessly depending on exports and thus on foreign markets and thus factors beyond its own control and influence, is mislabelled when describing it as "strong". It is heavily dependent and thus: weak and vulnerable. So although I know that Germany will suffer insane losses, I nevertheless argue for letting Germany have it. Us Germans brought ourselves into this messy - and idiotic - situation and nobody forced us to do so, so I figure we do not deserve it any better. It seems Germans are immune to learning, after two socilaist tyrannies in just 3 generations, suffering still seems to be the only thing that holds some chance to nevertheless make them change under pressure, if learning from reason and historical experience is so much too much asked of them..