Angela Merkel’s return for a fourth term as German chancellor seems such a foregone conclusion, given her conservatives’ wide lead in opinion polls, that interest is mostly focused on who her coalition partner will be after the September 24 federal election.
More than ever, Europeans are looking to Berlin for a lead following Britain’s vote to leave the European Union and France’s election of an untested pro-European novice president. Whether there will be decisive steps to strengthen the eurozone, complete the European banking union and build a European defense union, or more last-minute crisis management and missed opportunities hinges, more than …read more
Source: European Voice