Germany Is Not Bent on Dominating Europe, President Gauck Says
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German President Joachim Gauck said that Europeans don’t need to fear German domination and that no one in his country is imposing a “diktat” on the rest of the continent of 500 million.
Gauck, whose role is largely ceremonial, used a rare televised speech in Berlin today to acknowledge that Germany has “created much fear” since its 1990 reunification to become Europe’s biggest economy and during the debt crisis in the 17-nation euro area.