We are seeing German union and soldarity here.....and they want to run Europe???
I like it cause I can finally see some real political dispute in Germany. It wasn't so for the last 18 years since Merkel started to rule. And if it leads to dissolution of the EU so much for the better.
We also sell to Germany:
If the economic pendulum swing in our favor and export/import structure improve so much for the better. But that doesn't mean that we should stop building a competing industrial and economic centre and rely mostly on one located in Germany. That's a short sighted policy.
Industrial centres benefits the most from the exchange no matter what and it also has a competitive edge and can use an economy of scale to its benefit. And where's the big money, there's a political and "soft" power.
No need to mention that when there's a economical crisis they cut the costs to ensure its own survival at a cost of suppliers.