Rocky Relationship: Attraction and Repulsion Define French-German Relations

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Together, Germany and France have long been viewed as the motor of European integration. In the midst of the economic crisis, however old suspicions and rivalries between Europe's two key nations are being reawakened. Once again, the German approach has France's intellectuals mystified -- and the tone is getting sharper.

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