It’s Germany who should be ashamed, not Ireland

GERMANY’S European Commissioner, (Günther Oettinger), has lent his voice to demands that the national flags of all bailed-out member states be flown at half-mast at EU buildings as a sign of the shame.

Could I remind him that Germany’s financial strength comes from its exports. It’s their European neighbours who have been buying their BMWs, which pay the workers who make them.

They, in turn, saved their money with German banks and expected a good interest on their savings. To give them their return, their German banks lent the money with interest to Irish banks.