German Chancellor Merkel said that Germany's growth and prosperity depended on its readiness to be engaged internationally, in cooperation with the EU and NATO, and in the face of challenges such as Kosovo and Iran. "The classical division between inner and foreign policy is outdated," wrote Angela Merkel in an op-ed piece, published in the German business daily Handelsblatt on Firday, Dec. 28. "We must make sure that we -- as European and Atlantic partners -- show solidarity for each other and that we don't let anybody drive a wedge between us."
"The classical division between inner and foreign policy is outdated," wrote Angela Merkel in an op-ed piece, published in the German business daily Handelsblatt on Firday, Dec. 28.
"We must make sure that we -- as European and Atlantic partners -- show solidarity for each other and that we don't let anybody drive a wedge between us."
but on matters of wider generality there are huge differences of opinion and advantage between US & European positions. No third party put that wedge there, it is a result of distinct requirements that are in natural opposition. Indeed there are issues wehre a European and Russian alliance of interests makes more sense than an Atlanticist one.
So I ask again, who is she aiming this at ? Seems like she's trying to appease an atlanticist position within her constituency, particularly in the wake of the differences of opinion with her coalition partners. Or is she softening up opinion for a much more concerted altanticist propaganda effort in the run up to the NATO conference. keep to the Fen Causeway
