Germany says Cold War tactics don't help EU-US trade talks

Re:Germany says Cold War tactics don't help EU-US trade talks by sveme on Monday July 01, 2013 @08:10AM (#5970052)

True, but due to proportional representation, smaller parties play a much larger role in German politics than, say, the UK or the US. Just a shift of about three percent from the current coalition of CDU and FDP to the SPD and Greens in the upcoming election would end Merkel's reign. And the NSA story might be just the event that moves those three percent from the current coalition to the opposition.

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Re:Germany says Cold War tactics don't help EU-US trade talks by rwissmann on Monday July 01, 2013 @08:48AM (#5970216)

Yes, if anything the Greens as the third largest party play a much bigger role in German politics than someone from an American or Commonwealth background would intuitively expect.

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Re:Germany says Cold War tactics don't help EU-US trade talks by mahrz on Monday July 01, 2013 @09:50AM (#5970576)

Most probably the minister of foreign affairs would be coming from the green party in such a case. Though that might change their rethoric a bit.

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