Martin Koopmann
Martin Koopmann
certainly reliable
But he is certainly a very reliable manager.
consensus foreground himself media positions pushed sought spotlight tried various
At the chancellery, he is someone who never pushed himself into the foreground or sought the media spotlight but tried to get positions with consensus from the various ministries.
criminal environment fool fools-and-foolishness global government issues itself kyoto several stance washington
There are several issues on which Washington should not fool itself - a Merkel government would take the same stance on (the) Kyoto (Protocol on global warming) and the environment as well on as the International Criminal Court.
advantage grand quality
That could well be a quality which is to his advantage in the grand coalition.
france friend history tradition
I'm not a friend of that explanation. Yes, tradition and history and all these things play a role, and there is a revolutionary tradition in France and not in Germany, and all that.