The top line shows the value of German exports to France in billions of euros. The bottom shows the value of French exports to Germany. It's an ever widening gap.
I'm no economist but with such disparity between Germany and the rest of the EU on this and other matters such as world trade, banking, common currency, national debt, transport and immigration, not to mention the proposed multinational EU Army and the many inter_EU problems (for example the 27 current members speaking 23 different languages and having their own traditions and values) I wonder how the EU can seriously be expected to function as an entity in any other way.
Unless the EU Project is driven by a couple of willing masters as it is at present it will surely find itself on a slippery and uncertain path.
It seems to me that the EU system, or some would say monster, demands subservient countries be willing to work in the interest of the willing masters.
Or am I barking up the wrong tree?
The post-Brexit future is not grey as the doomsayers have it. In fact it is a sunny option. We shall now renew and strengthen ties with many old friends, those peoples who have stood by us in our hour of need. And we shall make new friends around the globe unhindered by EU dogma.
The British Ambassador here has advised Britons and Austrians to keep calm and drink tea. Britain, he adds, is going to leave the EU not the world.
Everyone likely to be affected by Brexit should consider making a post-Brexit plan in order to move forward:
Here's mine:
