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The German military considers the disintegration of the European Union and the West over the next few decades a possibility, according to an internal report seen by Der Spiegel.

The 102-page “Strategic Perspective 2040� report — adopted in late February and kept under wraps since then — outlines six scenarios for how social trends and international conflicts are likely to play out and influence German security, the weekly magazine reported Saturday.


It includes a worst-case scenario in which the EU unravels and Germany is forced into a “reactive mode.� In this projection, the international order falls apart after “decades of instability,� value systems lose their influence and globalization grinds to a halt.