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Is Germany losing friends in Brussels?

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Jörg Luyken
Oct 31, 2022
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If one believes reports that have emerged from Brussels over the past couple of weeks, Germany is rapidly losing friends inside the EU.

Ahead of an energy summit earlier this month, French president Emmanuel Macron warned Germany that it was “isolating itself,” while leaders from the small Baltic nations also lined up to have a pop at Berlin ove…

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