SINCE THE euro zone was first engulfed by a sovereign-debt crisis a decade ago, northern member states have dished out plenty of strictures. "Greece, but also Spain and Portugal, have to understand that hard work...comes before the siesta," advised Bild, a German tabloid, in 2015. Two years later, even as the crisis receded, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, then the Dutch finance minister, told southerners: "You cannot spend all the money on drinks and women and then ask for help."
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