With economic crisis gripping the European Union and terms like “Grexit” now common, Germany is in the spotlight on a daily basis.
Viewed as “just another member” of the European Union, Germany might seem – at first glance – to have unfair leverage over the policies of other countries, and even the EU as a whole.
But a closer study of Germany’s geography, its history and its economy explains why policymakers in Berlin hold so much sway in the issues debated by the EU.
Watch this short video to find out more about how Germany’s critical location and history of warfare have placed it at the heart of EU affairs.