We can count on the fact that this will be probed by the American public, particularly by the US Congress.

Any German chancellor has to have close relations with France, ... Merkel will have a close relationship with France as well.

illegal, non-democratic and sometimes even crazy.

She has had to fight people to get to the top. She is very tough.

Election campaigns are always a bad time for rational discussions on foreign policy,

The Social Democrats, by turning their attention to Merkel, objectively saved her.