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by glimshe 976 days ago
The stability you describe is relatively recent, the country has catapulted itself to development through deficit spending, and today still has a debt-to-GDP of ~66%. This isn't bad but still is a big subsidy partially financed by poorer countries. Germany, in particular, has been extensively accused by less developed EU partners of unfairly benefitting from the single currency.