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July 21, 2011
Springtime for Germany
When we hear talk of ‘German destiny’,we are talking about the self-perceived divine mission to preside over a unified Europe, achievable through a dominating German state. Germany’s Christian Democratic Union has been the driving force of European integration since the end of the Second World War. They are passionate about solidarity, the single market and the EU’s Social Charter. But these political objectives did not have their genesis in the Treaty of Rome: the same ideas were expressed by the Nazi finance minister Professor Walther Funk, the architect of Hitler’s ‘New Europe’. -- Cranmer: Eurogeddon - fiscal union and German destiny [HT; Mead]
Posted by Vanderleun at July 21, 2011 7:10 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
Your Say
Germany should become the leader of Europe - think of it as the punishment fitting the crime.
Posted by: Mikey NTH at July 21, 2011 9:36 AM
That was the original object in 1914. It may be that Europe is just more natural to this than we think.The Vichy government was a popular government, and it may wear better than the European Union of Socialist Republics.
Posted by: james wilson at July 21, 2011 11:26 AM