The EU tortoise makes a move
So the German people have spoken, and Chancellor Angela Merkel has been reelected. That means the European Union will continue to be a tortoise. Next May, following the European Parliament elections, we will discover just how slow and unhappy a creature it is. Then, across the next decade, a larger, Aesopian question will be posed: Can the European tortoise outrun the American eagle and the Chinese dragon? Or can it at least keep pace with them?
Resounding though Mutti ("Mom") Merkel's election victory was, Germany's new government still has to be formed. That traditionally happens at the speed, and with all the grace, of tortoises mating.… Seguir leyendo »