Germany bemoans "irritating" Irish referendum
In Germany, the country that has had to answer the most requests for financial aid in the debt crisis, plans to hold another referendum in Ireland have been the subject of much comment in the press. “The Irish again!” announces Spiegel-Online. The news website imagines the reaction in in the Berlin Chancellery, where Angela Merkel must be worried by the impact this development will have on decisions in Brussels. Of course, Berlin would have preferred to avoid a popular vote on Europe in Ireland, writes Süddeutsche Zeitung [arrogantly]
...but this time around, the outcome will have a much greater impact on Ireland than it will on the euro community. […] The Irish should accept that the [fiscal] pact is in their national interest. If not we will not be able to help them.
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