Sunday, November 8, 2009
German Reunification: From Rejection to Inevitability
This article appearing in The New York Times makes reference to the reunification of Germany after the collapse of the Berlin Wall and what is going on today. The author notes that Germany still "functions with an intensifying sense of self-interest and irritated discomfort in the face of responsibility" and many have said Germany has been financially selfish not worrying how their actions affect the rest of Europe. The article discusses the different people that rejected the reunification of Germany, Margaret Thatcher being one of them. As we learned in class, East Germany diminished as a state, and fell behind in matching West Germany’s "immediate promise of freedom and economic well-being for all Germans", making reunification seemed inevitable.
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This is a very controversial article. I am not sure whether Germany is really acting selfishly or not, but I think that the author of this article should provide more evidence. Germany was the main initiator for creating the European Union, and I don't think that it will act against European Union's policies. However, Germany is loosing its soundness in the world's economy, and it may force them to act in their interests rather than in the interest of the European Union.
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