Angela Merkel, the new Maggie Thatcher
It's the morning after in Germany. All through the campaign, the chattering and writing classes were moaning that the election thing was a bore – we were going to get Angie as chancellor no matter how the election turned out. Well, Angie we got. But the country has woken up to the fact that Merkel II is going to lead a very different coalition to that led by Merkel I. And given her chameleon-like capacity for adapting, Angela Merkel could yet turn out to be Germany's Maggie Thatcher.
Goodness knows, the country needs a shake-up. The economic crisis has exposed Germany's vulnerability to international markets.… Seguir leyendo »