` (UTC)  I am shocked that such a biased article is allowed to appear on Wikipedia, sounds like some evil empire is sucking up some innocent small country. Every reader must think that Germany is only setting its economic parameters for this purpose and completely ignores the fact that there is competition outside the Eurozone which industrial countries need to face (China, South Korea, Japan, US, Poland, to name a few). Also, there are several other countries in the Euro zone which have a similar position as Germany, such as the Netherlands and Finnland, why arent they mentioned? Maybe because Germany is obviously a better poster boy for bashing and attracts a far higher media coverage because of its size? So if the author of the ``Germanys role`` article wants to illustrate that the Euro does not work in the current setting (which is correct, problems with trade deficits etc), then please add such a list to the general Wikipedia article about the Euro. Any country that would follow the initially agreed terms of the Euro (low interest rate, no financing of states by the central bank, no bailout via money transfer), would automatically run into conflicts if other countries run into financial problems, and hence want to bend the rules. (Yes, Germany was one of the first countries to violoate the 3% deficit rule, but at least they never asked for money). Moreover, the article sounds like Germany (and by the way France was an even bigger lender) forced Greece not to declare bankrupcy, is that really true? Why hasnt Greece simply defaulted, and then left the Euro zone? Maybe because it was easier to push the blame on in this way? Also, if a country has the largest economy (by having the highest population) it will almost always be the biggest lender, so it would make much more sense to talk about relative numbers.   19:11, 29 March 2013`