To much of Europe, modern Germany resembles a child of doubtful lineage adopted as an infant into a loving family: the child has been good, obedient and industrious, but friends and neighbors are worried that evil genes may still lurk beneath a well-mannered surface -- all the more so now that the child has become an adult.
And what a powerful grownup it has become. United Germany, with 80 million citizens and Europe's largest economy, is asserting itself as never before in postwar history. It is assuming a forceful leadership role in European foreign policy even as the Bundesbank rules Europe's...
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