As long as they rule the EU with an iron fist and are in the position to force their politics on other, weaker countries, it will be very hard for the Left to defeat one of the Euro overlords in an election.
Most people are, deep in their heart, national chauvinists, and they love how the 'lazy Greek' and the 'corrupt Italian' have to obey their Chancellor/President.
Don't think that French and German are different in this regard.
The more I learn about the European Union the more disgusting it seems to get.
I remember when I was younger and had a very superficial understanding of politics I thought it sounded like an absolutely wonderful, humane concept.
You know sometimes it's a good idea to treat your sources critical, the Europeans on this board are not especially representive of how people look at EU in Europe, most people don't have strong opinion about the union one way or another. And every respect for republicanism, but it's his subjective analyse of the public German opinion not a truth carved out in stone.
