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by RobertoG 1947 days ago
They are not. Germany is a net exporter, obviously not all the countries can be net exporter at the same time.

You can't have a stable monetary union without a fiscal capacity. The inevitable debt crisis in the Euro-zone are stopped by the ECB buying debt in the secondary markets.

The hypocrisy of the system is obvious to however takes the time to see how it works.