Irish Examiner view: Crisis calls for a German response 

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen imposed a tight deadline on Phil Hogan to account for this whereabouts. Picture: Francois Walschaerts, Pool Photo via AP

Very different expectations lead to very different outcomes and, naturally, perpetuate different behaviours. We have had, over recent days, examples of how one culture — ours — indulges what another — Germany’s — would not tolerate.

We prevaricate, they do not. Early yesterday, it became known that EC president Ursula von der Leyen gave a 1pm Dublin deadline to embattled commissioner Phil Hogan to submit a full account of his movements in Ireland before an Oireachtas golf outing in Clifden last week.