Germany/European Union: Angela Merkel’s Ambiguous Legacy
Angela Merkel is ending her fourth term as German Chancellor. Although she has made a number of statements demonstrating her commitment to the European project, her record in this area nevertheless appears to be mixed.
During the Covid-19 crisis, she helped maintain the European Union’s (EU) cohesion and accepted the principle of a common debt, but it lacked a broad vision and the leverage that would have made the EU a stronger actor on the world stage.
Paul Maurice is a Senior research Fellow at the Study Committee on Franco-German Relations (Cerfa) at the French Institute of International Relations.
Article published in Politique étrangère, Vol. 86, No. 3, Autumn 2021.
Author(s)
Paul MAURICE
Secrétaire général du Comité d'études des relations franco-allemandes (Cerfa) à l'Ifri
