This time it was not the Greeks, who were supposedly out to deceive everyone, but rather Ireland – the star pupil – that was forced to turn to the European bail-out fund in order to rescue its banking system – a system which had also long been held up as a shining example of deregulation.
Dieses Mal waren es nicht die angeblich alle zum Betrug neigenden Griechen, sondern es war der Musterschüler Irland, der in den europäischen Rettungsfonds getrieben wurde, um sein Bankensystem zu retten, das ebenfalls lange Zeit als vorbildhaft galt, als vorbildhaft dereguliert.