Merkel distances herself from Sarkozy’s campaign after Schengen remarks
Der Spiegel reports that German Chancellor Angela Merkel is now seeking to distance herself from Nicolas Sarkozy’s presidential campaign, following Sarkozy’s threat to suspend France’s Schengen membership, which she considers ‘right-wing populism’. Meanwhile, Thomas Hanke, Handelsblatt’s Paris correspondent, argues that “regardless of whether Sarkozy or Hollande wins the [French presidential] election, France will become a more difficult partner for Germany…Sarkozy’s proposals for Europe can’t be reconciled with the aims of German political parties. He wants the opposite: more power for governments of big countries.”
Der Spiegel Handelsblatt: Hanke
