[gorush]

The last time that happened was around 1938.

[mkmensinger]

And Germany’s doing it without firing a shot. Come to think of it, they didn’t have to fire too many shots in 1938 either, at least not against the French.

[AustinBill]

Actually it was June 1940. Only lasted until August 1944 though.

[Reily]

1940 and it took roughly 6 weeks to accomplish!
It didn’t work so well for the French.

[Cronos]

quite different. Note that Germany is a very Federal, decentralized country with their federal government having less power than ours. In contrast, France is a very centralized country -- everything revolves around Paris.

For the Germans to move an administrative role from Berlin to Brussels is little more than the move from Bonn to Berlin. the individual states in Germany will remain powerful and independent.

it's the same in Spain.

But France would have a problem giving up power to Brussels because it would go against 400 years of French history and admin