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June 20, 2012

The Greatness of Angela Merkel

Jacob Heilbrunn, The National Interest

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Poor Angela Merkel. She keeps getting bashed as the incarnation of all that is wrong with the German approach to Europe. The New York Times, for example, explains in an editorial that her approach is "piecemeal" and driving the European Union to destruction.

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TAGGED: Eurozone, Germany, Angela Merkel

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