German nationalism is viewed as having caused both World War I and especially World War II under the Nazis, and the creation of the European Union was in part an effort to harness German identity to a European identity.
German nationalism is viewed as having caused both World War I and especially World War II under the Nazis which sought to create a new German empire with Greater Germany at its core. The creation of the European Union was in part an effort to harness German identity to a European identity.