Unfair to blame Germans for austerity

Matt Cooper (May 18) joins the chorus blaming the Germans for the fact that other countries in Europe, ourselves included, are in financial difficulty and are suffering from ‘austerity’.

Despite all the confusing verbiage put out by Matt Cooper and his media friends it is right that all of us realise why Germany is doing well and some of the rest of us are bankrupt.

Over the years the Germans embraced austerity and ran their country properly. That included integrating the old German Democratic Republic into its economy.