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A little Germany Nationalism may go a long way if we are lucky .

European conservative movements can be a catch-22.

Merkel's replacement may be anti-Merkel and anti-EU - but he or she may *also* be anti-American and anti-Trump, as many in the European right wing are. They resent America's postwar rise and leading economic role. And this goes for most Germans on either side of the political spectrum.

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Merkel's replacement may be anti-Merkel and anti-EU -- but he or she may *also* be anti-American and anti-Trump, as many in the European right wing are.

And forgot to add anti-Semitic in addition to anti-American. Some right wingers there are anti-Christian too and hyper-secular. They see all religions as problems not just Islam.

So yeah, if Merkel leaves -- great! But I won't be optimistic till I know who her replacement is. We'll see whether Germans have truly learned their lessons from history.