Posted on 03/04/2015 4:31:35 PM PST by Olog-hai
Germans are more supportive of how the EU is run than any other member state, but experts tell The Local that may only last as long as the economic good times.
Among Germans, 69 percent told Gallup pollsters that they “approve” of the EU leadership's job performance in 2014.
That was well above the average approval rating of 49 percent across all member states, while just three other countries—Ireland, Belgium and Luxembourg—topped 60 percent approval.
“[The results] might be an indication that some Germans now start to identify leadership within the European Union with their own government and with the Chancellor [Angela Merkel] herself, of whom they very much approve at the moment,” Professor Michael Wohlgemuth of think tank Open Europe Berlin told The Local. …
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At Last Germany has her “Der Tag” Her place in the sun. Hard work wins the day—even if you lose a war or two.
They’ve earned it, and continue to earn it.
Who earned what?
Nobody earns anything in a social market economy.
Huh? Hard work in the welfare state?
You do know that nothing is earned in the social market economy. Beggar-thy-neighbor policies are not exactly honest to boot.
Zumday ve vill rule ze whole vorld.
“We’re marching to a faster pace....”
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