Election campaigns are always a bad time for rational discussions on foreign policy,

We can count on the fact that this will be probed by the American public, particularly by the US Congress.

illegal, non-democratic and sometimes even crazy.

She has had to fight people to get to the top. She is very tough.

The Social Democrats, by turning their attention to Merkel, objectively saved her.

Notwithstanding that there were problems in the past, both parties are interested in better relations with the United States, ... When you look at substance, we have practically no serious bilateral problems.