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As those dingy 1980’s troubadours Whitesnake so eloquently sang in their classic 1987 hit, “Here I go again on my own. Going down the only road I’ve ever known.”
What am I talking about? Why, the German bund, of course!
This morning, German leader Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron held a joint press conference to announce a proposed 500…