Translated by Daryl Lindsey and Spiegel Online
"The German government shouldn't worry itself about the new French president. Instead, it should worry more about France itself. The election has revealed a reorganization of the political forces in the country. Growth and the struggle against debt have been made into a politically charged dichotomy.
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The saying that nothing happens in Europe without France is accurate. But what can be achieved with a France that psychologically represses the consequences of globalization, toys with the idea of a fundamentally different monetary policy, and considers austerity to be a Teutonic vice?”
