She has noticed that during the eurozone crisis she broke down many bridges to the South and now she wants to correct this […] and also send a positive signal
Media mentions – German foreign policy leadership
The German newspaper refers to the latest Unlock study results.
Merkel is doing better than during the eurozone and migration crisis from which she has drawn some lessions
People I’ve spoken to in Italy and Spain think that the recovery fund is the start of something beautiful
The German government has form when it comes to tolerating policies it rhetorically opposes […] the Karlsruhe ruling made something impossible for Germany that it had long tolerated […] There was a sudden pressure to come up with an alternative
Everybody in Germany and also outside Germany was lamenting the German paralysis and that Merkel was a lame duck and that Germany was absent from the global stage; Germany was not a true European country
The whole beauty of the Franco-German duo was that they are very different, especially on economic policy, but when they found a compromise, it would work for most of Europe with some tweaks here and there
“It’s more than exceptional, it’s unprecedented. Paris and Berlin have agreed on a subject that was untouchable for the Germans until a few weeks ago
The European recovery fund will be a crucial test for the EU