German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been a favorite target of opponents of austerity for some time now, and it is understandable that, after months of being a bystander to the EU’s painful inability to govern, Germany has reluctantly – indeed, insufficiently – taken charge.
Olhando para o futuro, à medida que a ameaça de desintegração se aproxima a passos largos, a necessidade da liderança alemã será ainda maior.