Will Euro 2024 give Germany another summer fairytale?

Germans - divided by politics and economic struggles - hope to unite behind the national side.

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It’s a musical display that sparks a crescendo of warm applause among the intrigued Bavarian locals who’ve stopped to appreciate it.

But the solitary musician is not German. He’s Scottish. And his instrument is a bagpipe.

Indeed, you could be hard pushed to find a German entirely happy to perform their own anthem like this. Brash or impromptu displays of tuneful public patriotism aren’t very German.

However, this melodic interlude neatly reflects how visiting football fans are energising and giving a prompt to their hosts who have, so far, seemed somewhat apathetic to the party they’re about to throw this summer.

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