In the run-up to this week’s EU summit, Angela Merkel is telling peripheral countries they cannot rely on handouts from Berlin forever. Investment editor James Mackintosh says the day is drawing near when Germany has to accept it will end up paying for its mistaken lending, and decide how to take the pain.

Financial Times | June 24, 2012

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