MAIL ONLINE: Greece accused Germany yesterday of taking a racial approach to its financial crisis.
The claim came from deputy prime minister Theodoros Pangalos, who earlier this year accused Germany of not compensating Greece properly for its suffering during the Second World War Nazi occupation.
In a newspaper interview he said the Berlin government was more concerned in pleasing its own people - vehemently opposed to paying for a Greek bailout - than showing solidarity with a euro nation under pressure.
Mr Pangalos said Germany had taken a 'moral, racial' approach to the crisis, adding sarcastically: 'The Greeks have problems. Why do they have problems? Because they don't work enough.
'And why is that? Because they have a good climate, music and drink and they are not as serious as the Germans.' Germany won't bail us out due to 'racial prejudice' that we don't work hard, says Greek deputy PM in new outburst to fuel row >>> Mail Foreign Service | Tuesday, April 06, 2010
