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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
That releases me to observe that nobody took me up in my German hegemony argument.
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Not surprising really as it was aimed to just run down the EU and Germany in particular. It disregards the positive contributions made by Germany to Europe in the decades since the war.
The EU, motivated by Germany in particular has been instrumental in negating the nationalistic tendencies that have been responsible for so much loss of life in recent times. It has it's flaws like all pan-national organisations but the net value to the stability of Europe is tangible.
It is sad that the recent populist movements & decisions aim to undo this work and take us to a darker, more self-centred & insular nationalistic future.
Mr Putin is licking his lips ...