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Originally Posted by The_Dunedan
Not if it destroys or hobbles their own economy to do so, and not if a pissed-off electorate, sick of subsidizing other peoples/country's profligate spending, bolts to a far-right party or coalition.
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I don't see how this could even happen. German politics is dominated by the CDU, a centrist party, and the SDU, a social democratic party. The CDU needed to form a coalition with other smaller centrist parties to form a government lest the SDU form it with smaller left-leaning parties like the Green Party and the Left Party.
Sure there is a strong fiscal conservatism running in German politics, but their political environment is also decidedly social democratic. I don't think there really is room to move to the far right. I think you'll find the German people have an aversion to far-right politics, and rightly so.
So basically, you can expect the German government to ensure its own house is in order as it seeks to do what it can to help other economies it relies on to stabilize.
Can you point us to anything that would suggest the German public is against the idea of economic initiatives to stabilize other national partners within the EU?