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		barrkel on Nov 13, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Europe's Web Of Debt Germany wanted to unify; France demanded they give up the DM and enter into a currency union in return. They created it together.

rb2k_ on Nov 13, 2011 [–]

Basically this argument can be found in this nice NPR podcast: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/10/21/141512746/france-a...

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