On the other hand, the German Democratic Republic in the east allied itself with the Soviet Union and the other members of the Warsaw Pact and became a socialist follower of the Soviet Bloc. ... Since then, Germany has developed and prospered greatly and in January of 2002 Germany and 11 other nations from the forming European Union integrated themselves economically by adopting the use of a common currency; The Euro. ... Anti-foreigner sentiment is high with the right-of-center Christian Democratic Union, the dominating political party in Germany, but it seems pragmatism will prevail and t...

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