German Question - Be It Unresolved

I wrote here four years ago that the German Question, which refers to the strategic issues related to Germany's relative strength and weakness during the last 1,000 years, had been resolved. A European Germany, as opposed to a German Europe, had put to rest the old anxieties, or so I thought. Judging by anti-German attitudes in Europe today, however, you'd think the year was 1913, and not 2013. The Hun is back, at least in terms of the virulent rhetoric that is sweeping Europe, from Ireland to Greece and beyond. The friction is linked to the financial crisis that threatened to destroy the European Union unless individual countries agreed to German plans for restructuring debt and reducing spending to an extent that threatened social programs, pensions, jobs and personal savings. Germany calls the shots because it dominates Europe in political and economic terms.