European Stereotypes

As the Euro­pean cri­sis rat­che­ts up ant­ago­nism bet­ween count­ries, the­re has been a rise in name-cal­ling and fin­ger-poin­ting: from lazy sou­ther­ners to domi­nee­ring nor­t­her­ners, with ple­nty in bet­ween. And that’s befo­re the foot­ball starts this sum­mer. The six news­pa­pers in the Euro­pa pro­ject were asked to ste­reo­ty­pe each other, and then asked cul­tu­ral com­men­ta­tors in each coun­try to assess how accu­ra­te they are

the­guar­di­an (Tipp von Jef­frey Hill)