Why Britain keeps its distance

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Series Details 27.12.15
Publication Date 27/12/2015
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An Opinion piece by Thomas Kielinger OBE, the London correspondent for German daily Die Welt. He is the author of 'Winston Churchill: Der späte Held' (C.H. Beck, 2015), a much-acclaimed biography of Winston Churchill.

He writes that Germany wants the United Kingdom to stay in the European Union, but a look at geography explains the struggle.
Source Link http://www.politico.eu/article/britain-has-always-been-an-island-david-cameron-compatibility-europe/
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