_ The idea that Germany’s idea of a treaty change for the Euro Zone is not democratic is a political ploy that Britain is trying to mount against Germany in a move that looks like a continuation of the World Wars of the last century. Anyone who watched the “Yes Minister” or Yes, Prime Minister!” series on the BBC knows that the aim of Britain’s foreign policy for hundreds of years has been to keep Europe weak and divided. They fear the growth of a German super state with continent-wide influence. It was this fear that led the British and Churchill to give up their Empire during World War II just to defeat Hitler.
The truth is that Germany has been growing in influence and economic power since the unification of Germany in the mid-nineteenth century under Bismarck. This continued under Kaiser Wilhelm II during the First World War and Hitler during the Second World War. The Germans could never seem to get it right. Britain fears that this time they may have gotten it right.
The truth is that Germany has been growing in influence and economic power since the unification of Germany in the mid-nineteenth century under Bismarck. This continued under Kaiser Wilhelm II during the First World War and Hitler during the Second World War. The Germans could never seem to get it right. Britain fears that this time they may have gotten it right.