……just let their media be beastly to the rest of us
I got some heat last week from German sources for referring to the jingoism of the German media these days. I wonder if they’ll be able to look me in the eye today after this astonishing headline from today’s Bild.Zeitung online. It’s referring to a visit to Berlin by French President Francois Hollande. For those of you who don’t speak German, either through idleness or on principle, this is the translation:
‘The sick man of Europe visits Merkel’.
I’m afraid the Germans are and always have been their own worst enemy. Beneath the photo is the caption:
‘French Problem Child meets German Wonderkid’
und for zose off yoo still not getting it, vee are addink also ‘The ever unpopular Francois Hollande with the ever-popular Angela Merkel’. Mein Gott im Himmel, but Joseph Goebbels would’ve been proud.
Cue Radio Luxembourg DJ Jean-Claude Juncker wittering on about ‘undeserved German archetypes’ in the Greek media.
Earlier at The Slog: You can tell when a eurocrat’s lying, because his lips move




