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Merkel posters: 'The EU remains an experiment, because there has been nothing similar in world history and its final shape remains uncertain' (Photo: s_zeimke)

Germany's European moment (the Sequel)

These are uneasy times for a pro-European German. It seems that suddenly we find ourselves where we were a hundred years ago, when the future of Europe depended on the course of Germany. To be sure, the currency crisis is not a matter of war and peace. However, it seems that what happens in Berlin's corridors of power will make or break Europe.

Since the Second World War we have told ourselves that Germany has learned the lessons of history, but what do they teach us now? We are proud t...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

Merkel posters: 'The EU remains an experiment, because there has been nothing similar in world history and its final shape remains uncertain' (Photo: s_zeimke)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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