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A 'New' Germany? The Shocking Truth 20 Years After Reunification

Ein 'neues' Deutschland? Eine deutsch-französische Bilanz 20 Jahre nach der Vereinigung

Claire Demesmay, Andreas Marchetti

Slide 1: Think the fall of the Berlin Wall fixed everything? Think again. Slide 2: In 1990, the world cheered for German reunification. Behind closed doors, Paris panicked. They feared the return of an unstoppable European giant. Slide 3: Twenty years passed. Did a united Germany actually bring the promised harmony? No. It created a completely different power dynamic. Slide 4: The hidden fractures between East and West never truly healed. Instead, they reshaped the political DNA of the entire continent. Slide 5: The French-German alliance, once the rock of Europe, was pushed to its limits. About the Book and Authors: Based on the groundbreaking volume Ein 'neues' Deutschland? Eine deutsch-französische Bilanz 20 Jahre nach der Vereinigung, edited by Claire Demesmay and Andreas Marchetti. Demesmay, a distinguished expert on Franco-German relations, and Marchetti, a prominent political scientist on European integration, bring together top analysts to expose the uncomfortable realities of post-unification Germany and its impact on the modern European order.