Merkel’s myopia reopens Europe’s German question

Commentary feature in which writer says 'Europe is haunted again by a German question ..... Berlin’s neighbours used to worry about an over-mighty, expansionist state straddling the heart of the continent. Now they must grapple with an indifferent, introverted Germany.

'Angela Merkel’s hostility to a eurozone rescue package for Greece slots into a bigger picture. Whether it is economics or foreign affairs, the German chancellor speaks for a nation that has turned inwards – one that has reassessed, and downsized, its obligations to Europe'.

ESO: Background information: Eurozone agrees to Greek rescue deal http://www.europeansources.info/record/greek-deal-hammered-out-at-summit-eurozone-agrees-to-greek-rescue-deal/

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