BERLIN — After he’d defeated a Roman army in 279 BC, King Pyrrhus of Epirus uttered his famous words: Another victory like this and we are lost.
Does the same go for Angela Merkel? Indeed, what were perceived as her latest victories in Brussels and Berlin were, if anything, pyrrhic ones. They have probably put an end to her decade of ever-growing power, be it in Germany or Europe.
On August 19 in the Bundestag, 66 members — one-fifth of Merkel’s CDU/CSU parliamentary group — refused to back the new rescue package worth about €90 billion in credits for Greece. That was …read more
Source: European Voice
