By Alastair Macdonald BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A list of demands handed to the Greek government in order to secure a European bailout inspired a social media backlash against Germany and its hawkish finance minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble. #ThisIsACoup was the second top trending hashtag on Twitter worldwide - and top in Germany and Greece - as euro zone leaders argued through the night to convince Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to take the deal or face bankruptcy and his country's expulsion from the EU's common currency area. It was given impetus when Paul Krugman, the Nobel laureate economist, praised it on his New York Times blog: "The trending hashtag ThisIsACoup is exactly right," he wrote.
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