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routsounmanman said:
Ruler said:


Nope Italy still struggles and France get a free pass all the time without any reforms

Not to mention Ireland, Portugal and Spain had half as much austerity as Greece did.

And speaking of free passes, Germany was the first country to have violated the deficit rules back in 2008 if I recall correctly, free pass. And why exactly is Germany allowed to have such a huge trade surplus? That's against EU rules as well. 


1. it was not just germany, it was france too and it was 2002

2. germany is allowed to have that surplus because the other states dont wanna talk about it. a big trade deficit has much harsher consequences under EU law, an many states have a trade deficit.