Bail-outs? Nein, danke.

The article focuses on possible political instability in Germany due to discontent over the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), a permanent bail-out fund that would start operating in 2013. It states that legislator Frank Schäffler has called for the members of the Free Democratic Party (FDP), part of prime minister Angela Merkel's coalition government, to vote on if the ESM should be endorsed. It mentions the FDP has fared poorly in federal elections in 2009 and state elections in 2011.