Pangalos: Germany’s hard line on aid based on ‘racial approach’

LISBON: Germany’s hard line on aid for Greece has been based on a “moral, racial approach” and the prejudice that Greeks don’t work enough, Greek Deputy Prime Minister Theodoros Pangalos told a Portuguese newspaper.

Pangalos, who accused Germany earlier this year of not properly compensating Greece for World War II occupation, also told the paper that German leaders were too focused on catering to domestic voters at a time when the European Union required solidarity.