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I think I never so this quote in print, just in a discussion b/w journalists or something like that.
In any event, it contains a lot of wiseness. I'd like to explain, b/c it does cause resentment, in particular amont East Germans who, despite all the billions on transfer, still often feel like 2nd class citizens.
As you know, Western Germany used to be the European economic engine, politically jointly with France.
Most of its exports went to the EU, even before Mastricht...