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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
I understand Hugh's point of view from the perspective of Nazism. But German hegemony is in their blood and the Greater German Empire is part of their government's plan. They dominate EU economics, seem to have the final say on everything, have an 8% or higher GDP surplus (at the expense of the rest of Europe). We are escaping from this and are about to re-embark on our own venture.
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I know Germany very well, having lived there for a year and visiting regularly. I'm a fluent German speaker and so get to know stuff about what they mean when they say something.
The average German is a top person - from a human point of view. But from a normal psychological standpoint, their pride in their economic achievement leads to natural pride that Germany has more control over the EU than any other country. That's human nature. So these nice people are quite content with German hegemony as it currently sits and develops.
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Due to The apportionment system, Germany will naturally have the most MEPs as they have the biggest population at 96 for the 2019 election. Funnily enough, they have the lowest level of representation at 860,000 citizens per MEP. Malta has 77,000 per MEP but only 6 MEPs.
If anything, Germany doesn’t have enough influence in the European Parliament for its population. The EU wide apportionment is 1 MEP for every 716,000 citizens.
Numbers here -
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appo...ean_Parliament