Euronews: Merkel vows greater international role for Germany in 2019
Chancellor Angela Merkel will begin this evening's New Year address with an apology to German citizens for the political chaos her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and their coalition partners, the Social Democrats, put the country through in 2018.
"Openness, tolerance and respect. These values have made our country strong, we must work together for them."
Angela Merkel Chancellor of Germany
But her speech is also directed at a global audience, as she outlines a greater international role for Germany in 2019:
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WNU Editor: She is all for Germany having a greater role in international affairs as long as it does not involve sending soldiers into conflict zones, or listening to the concerns of her allies as she pushes to have even greater access to Russian energy resources. But open borders and implementing international restrictions and taxes on climate change .... she is all for it.
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