The Germans continue to be outraged at any suggestion that they intend to build a European empire. It is not in their character apparently, as the First and Second World Wars were just aberrations and we should take no notice of history. So why are the decisions Germany takes, causing governments to tumble across Europe, to be replaced by unelected EU placemen?
The Germans say that whilst the Euro is set to serve their purposes, everyone would be OK if they would just be more like Germany; hard working, thrifty, blond. I might have made that last bit up, but it seemed to fit....
Funny they never mentioned this need when enforcing 'their' Euro on all the others. Still, having prospered from it and it having caused the current mess, surely Germany should pay up to avert the crisis? Er, no. Apparently, it is nothing to do with them. OK, if that is the case then the Germans should allow countries to break away from the Germanic confines of the Euro and float their currencies, to work their own problems through.
Nope, can't do that either. And why not? Because the EU is an empire. See, we get there no matter how you look at it. From a realists point of view, or even trying to square the German logic, it always comes back to the fact that the Germans are in charge and crucially, want to be.
This is as dangerous as it sounds too, as if the financial crisis wasn't bad enough in itself. And of course, France sits on the sidelines waiting to make their move, because, as every French politician knows, they run Europe.
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