> Germany is one of the riches countries on this planet. We will do almost anything to keep it that way.
If the only practical effect of European union will be to enrich Germany at the expense of its neighbors, European union will fail, and rightly so.
> I appreciate that he needs to sell his own agency to his people, but if he actually believes he can control the fate of his country even so slightly, I'm afraid he's delusional.
Just a suggestion: before Germans start telling other people to get over the idea of having any control over their own affairs, it would probably be wise to reflect on how well that message went over the last two times they tried it.