[Alberta's Child]

A very astute friend of mine with a keen sense of history recently pointed out that one of Germany's primary objectives in the early decades of the 20th Century was to establish a loosely-organized European continent with Germany itself as the dominant political and economic power.

One hundred years later, as my friend pointed out, it sure looks like they've achieved this.

[C19fan]

More like the Frogs running the show with the Krauts paying the bills.

[Viiksitimali]

“(Plan for establishing) an economic organization ... through mutual customs agreements ... including France, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Austria, Poland, and perhaps Italy, Sweden, and Norway”.
The German “September Plan” to impose an economic union on the vanquished nations of Europe following a military victory, 1914
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/germany-fourth-reich.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septemberprogramm