The debt crisis in the European Monetary Union as seen by a 9-year old, with LEGO!

Codger

1.The toreador in a floppy hat and the F1 driver with his helmet, represent Italy, Spain (Alonso for those not into F1) and the rest of the Euro Periphery.
2.The three men with helmets, shields, and medieval weaponry represent the CDU, CSU and FDP parties in Germany.
3.The blue-and-white sailor boy is Finland. Obvs.
4.The woman with an oversized carrot and her friend in overalls with a shovel represent the Social Democrats and Greens.
5.Wotan represents the Bundesbank.
6.The piggy bank is the IMF.
7.The grey-haired Banque chap is the ECB.
8.The chap in the red bib is Poland.
9.The artists are France.
10.The angry chef, the sweeper with a broom, the airline pilot, and the rest of the motley crew at bottom left, represent EU taxpayers in Core countries.
11.The storm troopers are the EU Commission and Euro Group Finance Ministers, chaired by Jose Manuel Barroso and Jean- Claude Juncker.
12.The monocled banker and his assistant are EU bondholders and shareholders.

The PDF for those that want the technical details.

WindUpBird

So let me get this straight: The government wants the taxpayers to pay for government spending?

Nine Boomer

I wish I was this smart when I was 9.

Not nine

AH MAH GAAAAAAAAHD, TAX BEING USED TO PAY FOR RELEVANT THINGS INSTEAD OF LINING THE POCKETS OF POLITICIANS? SAY IT IS NOT SO. IS THE FREE MARKET NOT SUPPOSED TO PREVENT THIS KIND OF SENSIBLE SHIT FROM HAPPENING?

Also not done by a 9 year old.

EDIT:

I wish I was this smart when I was 9.

YOU WILL NEVER BE ME!

George Patches

So no one wants economic collapse, but no one wants to be the one to pay to stop it?

Not nine

So no one wants economic collapse, but no one wants to be the one to pay to stop it?

That's not what 'burden' means.

Codger

Ah I think you guys miss the point, the Germans don't want to pay for the Greeks debts. So it's not about the "government", but about individual countries governments passing the buck.