The Men and Women of Ruins

... beginning of decline. No one will know what would happen next. Germany has taken a leading role in Europe, but it’s not at all a positive role in this case,” Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann told the Austrian national daily Der Standard. Austria is Germany’s closest and most reliable ally in the European Union. The Austrian economy is closely connected to Germany and is based on the same model. Like the other donor countries, Austria is critical of the Greek economic policy, but the recent ...