What Merkel did was to impose or create a certain style: not too rash, not too fast, think a lot before you act, don’t get too excited in the way that an Emmanuel Macron or Boris Johnson gets.
Ulrike Franke is cited in the New York Times on the millennial generation’s allergy to military
Millennials, especially in Germany, have the feeling that geopolitics and geopolitical power struggles, which are also fought out militarily, are just a relic of the past
Ulrike Franke discusses the topic “Putin-whisperer or America-friend – Germany in the fence?”
Decision-makers in Berlin are probably baffled by the forcefulness of their allies’ reactions. But the government’s position should not be surprising to anyone paying close attention.
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