"Strife has broken out in the European house. With the crisis of European integration under neoliberal auspices, the political bond also seems to have been broken. Nobody will take responsibility for Europe as a whole, but everyone wants to take control at the same time. Above all, Germany is on a collision course. But why? Even the founding fathers of the Europe of the euro, Hans-Dietrich Genscher and Helmut Kohl, have let loose with admonishments concerning Angela Merkel’s policies. Is Merkel’s government simply lacking a clear direction, as has been asserted in the opinion pages of daily newspapers? Or is she incompetent, as the parliamentary opposition alleges? To answer these questions, a glance at the history of Germany’s European policy is helpful."
Full article: http://communism.blogsport.eu/2011/10/12/the-eu-after-the-euro-crisis/