Her victory will be an important moment, but she won't have long to savor it. |
I give them one year to realize their initial reforms weren't radical enough to get Germany back up and running, and then a year after that to implement sweeping change. If they don't get immediate results after that, the only thing holding them together will be a mutual fear of the radical politics preparing to take power from them. |
The German position must move in this direction or they will be completely isolated. They will attempt to get closer to a joint European position. |