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Originally Posted by Skybird
I even admit that here Bush had a point. Even in Germany Schroeder was attacked - and still is - over this. On the other hands, I stick with Helmut Schmidt who said that a country outside Russia should feel lucky to gain such a trustful position inside the most important economic sector of Russia.
Becasue as things are today, Russia simply is quite important for Germany. I would even unsentimentally say Russian-German relations are more important to Germany than German relations to most - not all - European countries.
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I think Merkel called in private it a treasonous deal by Schoreder after taking office.
I have sensed you effection with this idea of Russia and Germany forming an continental pact.
No one else in Europe will tolerate such politics if it will lead to any hegemony over others..especially in between.
The Franco-German deals are enough to bare for the rest.
I remind there are others that are net payers in this European experiment and they should have a saying.
If not, secession is the word, but even that right has been taken away by undemocratic means.