Euro crisis firms German power, 25 years after fall of Berlin Wall
But many complain Berlin is too reluctant to lead, despite its dominant position in the continent
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"WE beat the Germans twice and now they're back," then British prime minister Margaret Thatcher reportedly said after the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, expressing her fears a reunited Germany would grow to dominate Europe.
Fast forward to Athens in 2012, at the height of the eurozone crisis, and that domination appeared to have come to pass.
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