An article in Public Service Europe argues that populism is making the Euro Crisis "more combustible": http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/article/3363/populism-making-euro-crisis-more-combustible
Meanwhile, a study on wealth in the EU came to the very surprising conclusion that Germans are some of the poorest in the EU: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/16/business/global/study-on-wealth-fuels-euro-crisis-debate-in-germany.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
The Poverty Lie from Der Spiegel : http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/poor-germany-it-is-time-for-a-debate-on-euro-crisis-burden-sharing-a-894398.html
German Chancellor Angela Merkel argued that the figures cited in the article were distorted: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-19/merkel-says-german-wealth-gap-with-southern-europe-is-distorted.html
Meanwhile, the spring meetings of the IMF and World Bank led to calls for Europe to do more to spur growth in the flagging EU economies: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/22/business/global/europe-heeding-international-call-to-do-more-to-spur-growth.html
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