Germany is the largest Euro economy, the one with the largest trade surplus, and the one the market takes as benchmark. This makes it the single most powerful country and the one with the largest responsibility for success/failure of European economic policies.

In this context:

1. the constant flip-flopping on the Greek situation arguably made matters worse
   
2. we now have credible claims of spreading market-sensitive misinformation

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