Some ‘individual responsibility for the Irish crisis cannot be denied’

Every nation has its own obsessions, creeds, and taboos. Germany’s taboo is criticising the European project. Still being haunted by the excesses of extreme nationalism, Germans are obsessed by the idea of a united Europe.

They strongly believe there is only one way to prevent the peoples of this continent from slaughtering each other again: building a functioning EU.

Therefore, Germans reacted enthusiastically to the decision to grant the Nobel Peace Prize to the EU.