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Germany's problem is that it really wants to be Switzerland - rich, neutral, outwardly virtuous yet totally amoral. Unfortunately its history and geography make

• nix23 5y ago
  Neutral and amoral bites each other. Germany wants to be the leader of europe...yet no one else wants that....understandably.
  • MagnumOpus 5y ago
    Germany politicians desperately don't want to be the leaders of anything. Given the country's GDP, tech prowess and population, they could be a military and espionage powerhouse far exceeding the UK or France, even rivaling Russia; but historical and political reasons make them tread softly and prefer throwing money at problems (e.g. paying off other countries to join the EU through the CAP, or sending FDI or aid to emerging Europe and Africa) rather than to bully countries using cyber attack or spec ops or even more hardline trade/sanction policies...
    • nix23 5y ago
      > Germany politicians desperately don't want to be the leaders of anything. Oh look where the corrupt Flinten-Uschi sits: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_European_Commission https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_European_Comm... https://www.politico.eu/article/ursula-von-der-leyen-biography-career-inconvenient-truth/ https://www.politico.eu/article/ursula-von-der-leyen-biograp... And yes they even give free submarines to Israel and help the NSA to spy on other European country's....what a lovely nation. >rather than to bully countries Greece want's to have a word with you then.