“We are a proud people, we are a proud nation, we demand that respect,” Papandreou said today. “But it’s been proven now that the crisis is not a Greek crisis. The crisis is a European crisis. Now is the time that we as Europeans need to act decisively and effectively.”
Makes you want to dig deep into your pockets to save his hairy arse, don’t it?
Meanwhile, Merkel’s at the hotel bar, knocking back a few. Can’t blame her…
Afterward, Merkel was spotted sipping white wine with top aides in the bar of the Hotel Amigo a block from Brussels’ gabled main square. Sarkozy, staying at the same hotel, went straight to his room.