No one can replace Angela Merkel, at least for the foreseeable future, because Angela Merkel had built her reputation and her political weight over 16 years
Media mentions – German foreign policy leadership
It is inexplicable to me how one can talk for so long about climate action and how to make Germany fit for the future without mentioning the EU, which plays a massive role in this
In a recent paper, Jana Puglierin and Mark Leonard draw on opinion polling to conclude that Germany “may be on the cusp of a nationalist turn”
FAZ refers to ECFR’s latest opinion poll on Germany’s role in Europe
The Austrian newspaper presents the new polling data by ECFR
The key challenge, for whoever wins next week’s election, will be to convince Germans that a serious shift is required in how their country engages with the EU
Euronews quotes Jana Puglierin in their article on the newly published ECFR policy brief
The biggest challenge […] will be to convince Germans that the way their country works with the EU needs to be fundamentally changed
Afraid of conflict […] Merkel has done too little to condemn the violation of the rule of law in both countries. Her caution has achieved nothing […]
The Social Democrats started the whole Nord Stream project and of course they want to cross the finish line. In their relations with Russia, they have always emphasized dialogue rather than deterrence
Merkel was never ambitious about EU matters as, for example, French President Macron is. Her mastery was to find the least possible change that was just enough to solve a problem. Not more