with the united states and they want to be a strong partner within nato and, of course, maintain a strong leadership role within the european union and a strong partnership with the united states as well. one of the things to really keep an eye on is germany s new foreign minister, first female foreign minister. she comes from the green party. the thing about her, she s extremely critical of the nord stream 2 project. that doesn t mean germany has any sense of leaving that project. it does mean you have someone in a senior government role who is very critical of that project. by the way, the german government going on the road very quickly. olaf scholz is going to paris to meade emmanuel macron, the president of franz. that s seen in germany as a big commitment to that alliance and also to relations with the u.s. as well, jim. we ll be looking to see how those meetings play out. interesting to watch that