"The European Union could completely fail because of Germany... The German Constitutional Court, the Bundesbank, and before Chancellor Merkel casted themselves as the center of Europe which partially led to the despair of our neighbors...We Germans should never ever be the cause of a halt, a decline, or a collapse of the great project of the European Union. The whole world is waiting for Europe to speak with one voice at last. This includes the unconditional willingness to cooperate with the French, and all other neighbors...We cannot just be advocates of a European union; we must go far further and operate ... (full story)