“MERKEL SEES DEAL IF GREECE SHOWS THE WILL” (June 18, 2015)
Thus The Financial Times today. “German chancellor says euro is key symbol of European unity,” elaborates the newspaper. This is in connection with today’s gathering of the finance ministers of the European Union, which points at a widening rift between Angela Merkel and Wolfgang Schäuble, the German finance minister. He is a champion of the Greek exit, while she is bent on keeping the country within the eurozone against the growing consensus among finance experts. But the byline is a joy to read on account of the key symbol of European unity. The euro. Mere currency. And nothing but money. Indeed, the German chancellor got it right this time around. The nineteen countries in the eurozone represent “real” Europe nowadays. The nine countries of the Union that do not share the lauded currency are on the sidelines. And Merkel is erecting a wall between the two with her comment. The will that Greece is supposed to show is about that wall. The wall of unity, as it were. Alles klar, Frau Europa!