Nein, that would encourage debtors to fall back into their sinning ways.

ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

Chancellor Angela Merkel has been called Frau Nein - an unbending leader of Germany, unwilling to risk her taxpayers' money in defence of the euro.

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She has been harangued by world leaders, attacked in print and lampooned on magazine covers for saying "nein" to the pooling of euro-zone debt while focusing instead on long-term reforms.

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Nein, that would amount to taking the Bundesbank's gold.

ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

Big Brother says nein to incandescent bulbs.

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Whatever the reason voter opposition to more transfers of their wealth to beach-lolling southerners, a desire to force reforms on reluctant profligates, a desire to force several nations to surrender even more sovereignty, or mere self-interest Ms. Merkel is earning her sobriquet as Madame Nein.

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Nein, that would risk inflation.

ECONOMIST: Charlemagne