Bernd Ulrich
Bernd Ulrich (b. 1960) is deputy editor of the weekly newspaper Die Zeit, where he heads the politics pages.
Updated: 3 February 2012
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By Bernd Ulrich
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Debate: “Europhorics”, our most dangerous friends
22 October 201236522 Die Zeit Hamburg -
European Union: Will Europe vote Merkel out of office?
3 May 201219364 Die Zeit Hamburg -
Germany: Call us Nazis if it makes you happy
3 February 2012437304 Die Zeit Hamburg
There are the “Eurosceptics”, and there are “Eurohaters”. And then there are the “Europhorics”, who are to be found among both intellectuals and politicians and who are at least as dangerous as the former. To them the EU is not a union, but a worldview – and they are abusing it. 
France, Greece, Holland and Germany: Europe is facing five new elections, each of which could not be more different. But all of them come down to the crisis policies of Angela Merkel. The German Chancellor may be voted out of office. 
“Hitler”, “Occupying Power" – it’s always the same. Berlin is asserting its stance on the euro crisis and, in turn, is being abused with comparisons to the Nazis. Die Zeit ponders how Germans should respond.