Germany Faces Dilemma Over Its Expanding Power, Says Kissinger
- Berlin must wield new influence without alienating EU partners
- Former US Secretary of State comments in Bloomberg interview
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Henry Kissinger, who fled the Nazis with his family as a teenager before returning to Germany as a US soldier during World War II, said the political center of gravity in Europe is shifting inexorably toward Berlin, presenting a fresh challenge to the country’s leadership.
Speaking in a June 7 interview with Bloomberg’s Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait in New York, Kissinger said the quandary for Europe’s heavyweight nation is how best to wield its growing power without alienating its neighbors.