One Union of Member States under God* | 27 comments (27 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

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Merkel is listed as a Protestant, so presumably in part she is "thinking" with her faith.

At the same time, she is presumably trying appeal to her base. Again, the CDU is presumably not the Christian Democratic Union only in name. And indeed the further right you go within that party the more antagonism you'll find towards possible Turkish membership of the EU.

by Metatone (metatone [a|t] gmail (dot) com) on Tue Aug 29th, 2006 at 07:49:45 AM EST
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I'm sure there are wingnut religious Germans just as there are in other countries. The question is whether there are enough of them to win. Or whether the majority of people will go soggily along.

But this can't be done without debate, and I don't think the God squad would get a majority after open debate.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue Aug 29th, 2006 at 08:16:52 AM EST
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One Union of Member States under God* | 27 comments (27 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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