The End of the European Dream | 276 comments (274 topical, 2 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: "... But the Currency is Good" (none / 1)

If you think Mitterand and Delors were starry-eyed idealists, have a bag of salmiak on me ;)

More than anyone seems to want to recognize in this discussion, the rapid fall of Communism redrew the map of Europe and forced them into an attempt to tighten the bolts on the European superstructure. I don't know to what extent they believed it would really work. Maybe I should try to see if Delors has said anything of late. Mitterand, apparently, is silent.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue May 10th, 2011 at 10:39:56 AM EST
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Re: "... But the Currency is Good" (none / 1)

Hmm, time to revisit Reunification - some history rewriting where Jerome downplayed claims that Mitterrand feared reunification, or DoDo's "We'd better take down the wall ourselves".

Economics is politics by other means

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue May 10th, 2011 at 11:05:58 AM EST
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Re: "... But the Currency is Good" (none / 0)

afew:

My memory from that time is also that Mitterand feared reunification but was resigned to it - and negotiated with Kohl to get stronger European integration, particularly wrt the common currency, as the price of his support.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue May 10th, 2011 at 11:28:49 AM EST
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The End of the European Dream | 276 comments (274 topical, 2 editorial, 0 hidden)