hree most important aspects of a nations responsibilities the social, economic, and political spheres we will find that it is, indeed, to Germanys advantage to continue to be involved with and integrated into the European Union.Politically, the issue essentially boils down to a question of national sovereignty. Naturally, no country in the European Union is willing to sacrifice, fully, the free will and power of their own governing body. Yet we are in a time where strides can be made successfully at keeping certain amounts of sovereignty while allowing for a larger, supranational organization to pick up the slack. The classical nation-state has long since reached the limits of its political and economic potential; in light of the recent terrorist attacks, it has become clearer that the serious problems faced by humanity can no longer be solved as isolated matters by a nation-state, but instead must be addressed by nations acting together. Clearly, then, it is important for the EU as a whole to have Germany, as a leading political (and recently even military) force, involved early and thoroughly in the Union.Yet, what about for Germany? Almost for the exact reasons the rest of Europe would benefit from their involvement, it would seem that Germany would be held back by political involvement in the EU. As the strongest economically and politically, many assume that entering into a union with weaker countries would only serve to weaken Germany as well, especially with regard to its own national sovereignty. This is actually not the case. Over the past decade of talks and preparations for European integration, Germany has been vocal about, and has been successful, making sure that the countries involved are all represented fairly (and are therefore more powerful) according to demographics and population. After all, democracy requires that population size should affect who has more and who less say in Europe and fortunately, Germ...
