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Europe's New German Problem

Apr 28, 2018

After the long-awaited formation of a new government earlier this year, many hoped that Germany would finally join with France to tackle the European Union's most pressing challenges. But what if Germany's new-old grand coalition simply isn't up to the task?

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John Kornblum Apr 29, 2018

These articles are essentially worthless, because they ask the wrong question Does Europe have a German problem? Depends on what you men Europe to be. The bloated, suffocating, spendthrift ways of most Europeans definitely have a problem, because Germany will no longer go along. If you Europe the peoples of Europe to be free, prosperous and to play a meaningful role in the world, then Germany is probably the key to the future and it is much of th rest of Europe which has the "problem."
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