Whenyou're the richestguyonblock and the mostpowerfulnation on earth, unchallenged, you don't havethenaturalcoalitions that unite you withyourAllies against your enemy, he said.
From Ralph Brinkhaus, a local member of the German parliament, the Bundestag, to Christine Lemster, a chemistry student at Hamburg University, we heard a similar refrain - the UK and Germany ought to be natural allies, and it is too bad that they cannot unite around EU issues.