Germany and the Eurozone | Made in Germany

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The joys of the holiday season have done nothing to ease growing tensions within the Eurozone. Countries like Portugal, Greece and Ireland have focused their frustrations squarely on Germany. They're accusing Chancellor Angela Merkel of abandoning European solidarity when it's most needed, which has threatened to destabilize bailout efforts and left EU member states dangling in the wind.Chancellor Merkel has sharply rejected both the concept of a Eurobond and proposals to increase the current rescue fund. Is the Euro on the brink of disaster? MADE IN GERMANY talks with Irish, Portuguese, Spanish and Greek residents in Berlin and asks them what they think of the currency crisis.