Is Germany becoming the new Gaullist state of Europe? It has fiercely opposed fully rescuing eurozone countries, forcing the EU to repeatedly act too little too late. Chancellor Angela Merkel has given up on nuclear energy, killing the possibility of a European energy policy. Germany shot down the EADS-BAE merger, missing an opportunity to create a global aerospace giant. And Ms Merkel, while proclaiming the need for a federalised eurozone is stalling the implementation of a banking union. So, the argument goes: from now on, Germany is only looking out for its national interests and it is not interested in Europe any more.
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