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France & Germany Take the Lead

Dominique Moisi, Harvard | September 2, 2009

Whatever the result of Germany’s election this month the time has come for a new Franco-German partnership to lead Europe. ++ Having scrapped the ‘Group of Six’ idea Paris and Berlin are the only truly compatible partners in Europe despite difference on how to resolve the financial crisis. ++ “With the return of France to NATO’s integrated military structure, the two countries are on the same ‘Atlantic’ wavelength” encouraging a unified front. ++ “France and Germany cannot move Europe alone, but Europe without them cannot move at all.”