German voters cool on European idea

Germany is confronting the possibility of the need for closer EU integration. While there are those who call for the return of the D-mark, most people accept the inevitability of maintaining the single currency. There is little outright euroscepticism.

ESO: Background information: Germany is playing politics as Europe drowns http://www.europeansources.info/record/germany-is-playing-politics-as-europe-drowns/

The Guardian, 14.3.11: The hesitant saviour: how Germany bestrides Europe once again (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/549201-ueber-alles-nice

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