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The article discusses factors causing divisiveness in the European Union. The economic conditions of nations within the union diverge widely. Amid a financial crisis the Union lacks a formal means for transferring euros to struggling countries. After many years of contributing disproportionately to European integration, voters in Germany have become reluctant to bail out other members of the euro zone.

This article reports that the European Union has imposed harsh austerity terms on Greece under the terms of a bailout. Topics discussed include the approval of the bailout by the Greek parliament on July 16, 2015, the role played by Germany in the bailout terms, and the unprecedented level of animosity between Greece and Germany as a result of the harsh austerity terms. Mentioned also is the comment on the bailout terms by former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou.

The article discusses the policy-making steps taken by German Chancellor Angela Merkel in response to the 2008 financial crisis and her wish to not follow the U.S. in their attempt to offer bailouts to industries. Merkel is having to resist the leaders of Italy, Britain, and France who want her to offer up German funds and cut interest rates. Merkel and her supporters want to avoid having to finance the economies of weaker countries such as Italy and Greece.

The article discusses politics in Germany. The global financial crisis has created a lack of distinction between right and left political parties. In Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel and both the Christian Democratic Union and the Social Democratic Party passed a €580 billion stimulus and bank bailout as well as banned pension cuts.

The article focuses on the possibility of a breakup of the European Union (EU) in the wake of the EU's bailout of Greece in 2010. It states that German Chancellor Angela Merkel has encountered increased discontent in Germany as Merkel previously stated Germany would not bailout southern European nations. It comments that there is little sign the government debt crisis is over, or confined just to Greece, which may result in several financially-secure nations leaving the EU.

This article compares economic conditions in Germany and the U.S. during the global financial crisis. The author notes that German banks hold impaired assets at rates similar to the U.S. The author considers the weak financial positions of banks including investment banks such as Hypo Real Estate Holding AG and Deutsche Bank AG and government run Landesbanken such as WestLB AG.

The article examines the bailout packages, assembled by the German and British governments, intended to assist banks and other financial organizations damaged by the 2008 financial crisis. The plans adopted by the two countries are contrasted with measures applied in other nations. Several British and German political figures are cited including British prime minister Gordon Brown and chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany.

An interview with German finance minister Peer Steinbrück is provided in which the minister discusses how leaders are spending billions on bailout and stimulus plans that might repeat the mistakes that caused the recession. Steinbrück discusses Europe's leadership problem in which all the members have to learn to work together, and the ways in which the U.S. manages to bounce back economically.