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  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    RJP33 wrote: »
    This, which is why they're so keen for Greece, Cyprus etc to stay with the Euro no matter the long term misery for the people there.

    If those nations drop out, watch the value of the Euro shoot up overnight and German exports drop.
    So why don't they just leave?
  • RJP33
    RJP33 Posts: 339 Forumite
    ILW wrote: »
    So why don't they just leave?
    Because either they're unwilling to take the inevitable short term pain of devaluation and impoverishment, or the EU / Germany will do everything possible to keep the Eurozone project intact to keep everyone moving towards a Federal Europe.
  • ruggedtoast
    ruggedtoast Posts: 9,819 Forumite
    grizzly1911 wrote: »
    Why do they have a pervasive desire to dominate Europe all the time?

    If they are so successful why don't they pull up the drawbridge and and tell us all to get stuffed?

    They do have to live right next door to the French.
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    What advantage did Germany have over all these other nations that put them in such a powerful position? (Bearing in mind where they started from in the late 40s)
  • PaulF81
    PaulF81 Posts: 1,727 Forumite
    Thrugelmir wrote: »
    Cyrpus joined the EU in 2004. Before the crash of 2007 the UK economy was booming. Who foresaw events unfolding as they are now.

    Me for one. It was pretty obvious from 2005 onwards it was all going to end in tears.
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