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Originally Posted by Hugh

Because we’re not obsessed about it, and don’t actually believe it’s a real thing.

Having lived in West Berlin for 3 years, whilst serving, and having worked in many parts of Germany in the 80s, and still have friends from that time, I don’t recognise your world view.

Your friends are not the German government who are pursuing the economic hegemonist policy. The people can stick their chests out and passively go along with it - just like in the 1930s and just like anywhere that the folk in similar circumstances would.

I don’t know how long ago you served in Berlin, but it is today we’re talking about and how Merkel calls the shots. You can’t see that?


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Originally Posted by jonbxx

What Hugh said. Yes, Germany has the biggest population and economy in the EU but someone has to be the biggest

again, dodging the point. Biggest need not equate to hegemonist. But in the case of Germany, who engineered the Euro’s value to get them where they are now, their domination of the EU, certainly in the economic sense, is in the realms of the bleedin’ Obvious.

Btw, is it not bad for the remainder that Germany’s 8% surplus (in violation of the EU 3% limit) should be at the cost of deficits in those other countries who are thus beholden to Germany?

What is the matter with you people? Do you want the UK to be part of that? Can I have a direct answer to that specific question, please?