European Union countries do have some input into the each other's laws, but it's shared - so Britain has only as much say in German law as Germany has in British law. And given the way Germany and France (and others) are ignoring the stability pact that underlies the use of the euro currency, you might think that doesn't amount to much.
If Britain and the US had any control at all over Germany, they would have forced the Germans to back the invasion of Iraq; but they totally failed to achieve this, never mind how many troops they have stationed in Germany. To me that's the clearest evidence that Skids' answer was spot on: No, Germany is a sovereign country that has yielded only a modest portion of its lawmaking capacity to the EU.
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