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by disgruntledphd2 1051 days ago
It's called the Euro ;)

I'm sortof not really joking but the German export driven economy would have been much harder to maintain with the DM.
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mpweiher 1051 days ago
LOL.

The Euro was a concession by Germany in order to get France to agree to unification.

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disgruntledphd2 1049 days ago
Sure, but it ended up benefiting Germany more than anyone else.

One of life's little ironies I suppose.

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