At 15:32 23/06/2012, Arthur wrote:
In speaking with a retired govt economist the other day he thought
that Europe is in the position today that legions of German troops
couldn't achieve during WW2. Which is that it is has the power to
set the agenda for the future of Europe, one way or the other.
It still seems to be the case, though, that Germany wants to redeem
itself for what it inflicted on Europe and Jewry more than half a
century ago. Whatever epigenetic traces of the "might is right"
mentality of the 1860-1945 period might remain seem to be very faint
in the two young Germans I know well. They very much want to be
regarded as good Europeans. They regard my scepticism (re the
Eurozone) as being unfortunate (to say the least!). Nevertheless,
Western Europe can never be unified unless it has a minimum of
cultural cohesion that's typically a byproduct of nationalistic
warfare (offensive or defensive) or civil war.
Keith
Arthur
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Subject: [Futurework] Jumping with delight
One had only got to see Angela Merkel jumping up in her seat with
every German goal (all four of them!) scored in its soccer match
with Greece last night, to realize that she's not going to allow
Germans to subsidize the rest of the Eurozone in any significant
quantity for much longer.
The Eurozone faces only two alternatives now. It can only be some
sort of attempt at dictatorial take-over by some newly-concocted
Eurozone entity in order to impose budgetary control on all member
governments whatever their different socio-economic cultures, or it
will be an unpeeling of the Eurozone in one way or another.
Keith
Keith Hudson, Saltford, England
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