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[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 13 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Didn't an excel error cause Greece to adopt austerity measures in response to their debt crisis?

[–] AppleTea@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

i thought the EU practically forced them to adopt austerity?

[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I seem to remember the Germans saying no bail out if you don't fix your shit but can't remember what the demands were at the time.

[–] Don_alForno@feddit.org 3 points 2 weeks ago

Schäuble said "no bailout, period".

[–] Miaou@jlai.lu 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

They probably sent a copy of "Braindrain 101", and "Why German cars are actually not shit", since those are the only two things Germany care about when it comes to the EU.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago

That definitely happened in the UK.