Dr. Angela Merkel..Germany's Thatcher!

Dr. Angela Merkel--The Woman Who Will Save Germany

Any one who follow's International Poltic's, know's that Germany has been in limbo
for some week's!

After an historic election, the center right Christian Democrats, defeated
Gerhard Shorder's Party!

Our relationship with Europe has been and always will be important. Yet, we saw the impact as EU countries Germany and France limped along with Socialist leadership and their subsequent crippled economies, but now things do seem to be taking a different turn. The Germans are famous for avoiding change, but they came as close as they could in their election. While they didn't give the conservative candidate, Angela Merkel, a strong majority, they gave her enough to remove Gerhard Schroeder, take his post and set up a coalition government. The problem is, up until now Schroeder has refused to acknowledge Merkel's right to be Chancellor. She would be the first woman to ever hold that post.

The latest news is that Merkel and Schroeder are meeting to negotiate, this after she won another seat in parliament in the last district to report. This story has the up-to-date situation.

Here's a snippet which tells you the dramtic difference a Merkel chancellorship will make:

The high stakes include no less than Germany's frayed relations with the United States, a possible new direction for Germany's leadership role in theEuropean Union, and hopes for a way out of the doldrums that have vexed Europe's largest economy.
Merkel is regarded as more likely to get along with the White House, where relations with Schroeder remain merely businesslike after his vociferous opposition to the war in Iraq.

She has indicated she would take Germany's EU role in a different direction, with less emphasis on the German-French alliance that helped block a U.N. resolution supporting U.S.-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein.

She also hopes to stimulate the economy by simplifying taxes and making it easier and cheaper for small companies to fire people.


The Germans, despite their reticence, know they have to get out of a troubling situation. It's also a message that Schroeder's "Hate America First" rhetoric is not embraced by the majority of Germans. If Merkel prevails (which I believe she will) it will mark a sea change for the EU, and especially the German relationship with the US.

Germany is on her way to reform and change, and France will be next.

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