Merkel’s Successor Needs to Strike Right Tone With Biden and EU
Bloomberg
1/17/2021
Arne Delfs
(Bloomberg) -- The election of Armin Laschet as the new leader of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union is good news for the European Union and those who welcome engagement with China and Russia.
What kind of rapport he strikes with the new U.S. leader remains to be seen.
The 59-year-old state leader from the industrial heartlands endorses the moderate economic and foreign policy course set by Merkel, has a good relationship with French President Emmanuel Macron and shares her vision of a more integrated EU.