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Originally Posted by Damien
France collaborated because they were defeated militarily and Germany took over half their country. Germany is not invading France nor has it got France over a barrel, they need France to help influence member states. This seems to be a mutually beneficial relationship for them.
Germany need the Euro to survive. This is why they are so involved. Their population isn't too keen on bailing out member states who could not manage their budgets and the German government would likely rather not bother if it were not for their own self-interest in keeping the Euro alive.
Either way we cannot keep using Nazi Germany as a window to the motivations of the German people. It's utterly insane. Are some in this country really unable to envision Europe in a context other than WW2?
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How about those who always claim the the EU has, and will prevent war? That is frequently given as a reason to stay in the EU.
Germany has lumbered itself with employment and other laws that potentially make it uncompetitive. The best way it has to cope with that is to burden as many other countries as possible with those same regulations. How many times does a law start off in Germany, only to go on and be an EU directive which everybody has to stick to. How many times have they been stuck with a directive that they don't want, that started elsewhere(eg Britain)?