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  • The danger of Germany’s fractured democracy

    The danger of Germany’s fractured democracy

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    by

    Elizabeth Haigh
    in

    OPINION 30 years after the reunification of Germany, deep democratic divides remain. Reunification still summons up images of huge protests, chants of “Wir sind ein Volk” and, of course, the final toppling of the wall and surge of people from East to West. Against all expectations, it took less than a year for currency union…