Angela Merkel

Germany's biggest rhetorical weakness remains its own recent history.

Just let him enjoy his good time for now.

New Yorkers are passing up deals on the streets of Athens? It was nice knowing you, Greece.

He's still going to throw the word "blackmail" down *and* lay it on thick about how the founding fathers of the EU would be extremely disappointed about the current situation.

What's wrong with you people?

Figuratively if not literally, though literally would work, too.

Greece and her allies have spent the last few days engaging in a series of escalating “fuck yous.” And that's got Alan Greenspan thinking...

For all their saber-rattling and bold talk about a final solution to the problem of global financial risk, the Germans haven't done a hell of lot to rein in their banks. There is, for instance, no Großdeutschesvolckerregierung. At least, not yet.

Now that the U.S.'s economic recovery is a sure thing, thanks to the hard work our sage and wise leaders put in a couple of hours after allowing the country to fly off the fiscal cliff, weary eyes turn to the other side of the Atlantic, where the Germans and Italians look to elect similarly sage and wise representatives. Well, the Germans, anyway.

We have good news for those of you who do business with/in the Bundesrepublik: Angela Merkel is going to be re-elected.