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angela merkel
November 2009 
Leadership, Crisis Management, Perspectives in Germany and Europe
Posted on Dec 3rd, 2008
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Albert
Albert
SPIEGEl ONLINE..as usual with sharpest instincts and detective-like awareness for global problems and dilemmata:):) - shoots some harsh criticism towards Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Federal Republic Of Germany,.
And I want to present it here. As I oftten wrote here about my great sympathy for Dr. Angela Merkel and her poltics. Next year and years I will take massive action in my country to initiate some more concrete perspectives.
For the moment I will shortly summarize some first reply:
1. Its not enough to demand bold resolving power. Perspectives in a kind of biggest nation building project are necessary.
2. Europe cannot build up global power without very clear national work and identity building..
3. Leadership has to be redefined for Germany as much as for Europe.
4. Leadership rethinking in Gemany is a very special, specific and unique task and challenge in the context of European Integration. Its required to deal with the historic shipwreck of Germany in in fascism AND communism. I have posted repeatedly here about these topics. A clear quantum leap in Germany is utterly important for further European Integration.
In my last 12 months as Bureau Chief for German speaking countries of Integral leadership Review I witnessed astonishing phenomena regarding this theme....In last 10 years in general I discovered this is a challenge of historic scope and reach.
5. Media, Poltics . Business and Culture need complex new perspectives for reality , society and culture, consciousness. Its not about one realm teaching the other about the light at end of the tunnel. Consciousness emerges in all realms and qaudrants of reality.
6. The emergence of a new leadership understanding and public debate on highest levels is essential for Germany AND Europe.
7. It makes no sense to constantly asking questions:
Europe Produce An Obama?
Europe and Germany need an own leadership with global impact power. And it needs to make good use of its powerful traditions in creating landingstripes for the future. In fact, honoring and integrating trauma and shipwreck from the past, can create powerful future impulses and assisting making Europe a global power for 21st century.
Only then it will make history without beeing considered as Theme Park Europe...):)
Merkels Lack of Resolve Poses Risks for Germany
By SPIEGEL Staff
They call her "Madame No" in Brussels. But criticism of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's handling of the growing economic crisis has increased in Germany as well. It's been her first real test as chancellor -- and many say she is failing.
How well they get on. They greet each other with kisses on the cheek and a warm embrace, they address each other as "chère Angela" and "chère Nicolas" and they look inseparable. Merkel beams, Nicolas grins.
He does the German chancellor the honor of inviting her to his apartment to lunch with his world-famous wife Carla Bruni. And then, as soon as Angela Merkel has left, Nicolas Sarkozy makes the following remark about how the two countries are tackling the financial crisis. "France is working at it, Germany is thinking about it."
Indeed, despite appearances to the contrary, the reality is that they don't really like each other at all. Their meeting on Monday last week in Paris was in fact little more than an operetta. Once it was over and she was gone, he put the boot in, thump. And she didn't defend herself. Not a word from Angela Merkel about the staggering impertinence of Nicolas Sarkozy.
Impertinent he may be, but he's not entirely wrong. These days, Merkel is nothing like as active as the French president. Both are governing on the thin ice of the financial crisis, but Sarkozy is whistling as he turns confident pirouettes, while Merkel is crawling across the slippery surface on all fours, slowly and cautiously. Right now she's the one who looks pale, who is under fire.
It's not just Germany that's mired in crisis, it's Merkel's government. She had hoped to cruise through to the September 2009 general election and win it on her strong opinion poll results. All she had to do was stand by as the rival Social Democrat party wore itself down in perennial infighting. That was her campaign plan for next year.
Strategy of Silence
Now, though, she suddenly faces the biggest challenge of her chancellorship. She has to get Germany through the crisis. The hour of the Chancellor has chimed, but Merkel is behaving as though she hasn't heard the gong. There are no grand words or grand deeds coming from the chancellery. It's as though Merkel wants to overcome the crisis with a strategy of silence.
But is that feasible given the prospect of the worst economic downturn Germany has suffered in decades? Just a few weeks ago the experts still predicted that Europe's largest economy would deliver modest growth next year. Now they're forecasting the worst recession since World War II.
The financial crisis is paralyzing world trade and no country is set to suffer more from that development than Germany, due to its reliance on exports. The economists of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development predict that Germany will be "hit hard", and that the number of people out of work will surge by 700,000 over the next two years. The downturn has already begun. Daimler plans short-time working for four German plants, steel giant ArcelorMital wants to axe 6,000 jobs in Europe, and chemicals group Akzo Nobel is bracing for a decline in demand by between 10 and 20 percent. It could turn into a downturn matching that of the Great Depression following the 1929 crash.
And what is Merkel doing? She put together a rescue package for banks that so far hasn't had much effect. She has come up with an economic stimulus package that may not be enough. She hasn't made a single major speech. There is no sign of a claim to leadership, whether in Germany, Europe or the world.
Read More..
And I want to present it here. As I oftten wrote here about my great sympathy for Dr. Angela Merkel and her poltics. Next year and years I will take massive action in my country to initiate some more concrete perspectives.
For the moment I will shortly summarize some first reply:
1. Its not enough to demand bold resolving power. Perspectives in a kind of biggest nation building project are necessary.
2. Europe cannot build up global power without very clear national work and identity building..
3. Leadership has to be redefined for Germany as much as for Europe.
4. Leadership rethinking in Gemany is a very special, specific and unique task and challenge in the context of European Integration. Its required to deal with the historic shipwreck of Germany in in fascism AND communism. I have posted repeatedly here about these topics. A clear quantum leap in Germany is utterly important for further European Integration.
In my last 12 months as Bureau Chief for German speaking countries of Integral leadership Review I witnessed astonishing phenomena regarding this theme....In last 10 years in general I discovered this is a challenge of historic scope and reach.
5. Media, Poltics . Business and Culture need complex new perspectives for reality , society and culture, consciousness. Its not about one realm teaching the other about the light at end of the tunnel. Consciousness emerges in all realms and qaudrants of reality.
6. The emergence of a new leadership understanding and public debate on highest levels is essential for Germany AND Europe.
7. It makes no sense to constantly asking questions:
Europe Produce An Obama?
Europe and Germany need an own leadership with global impact power. And it needs to make good use of its powerful traditions in creating landingstripes for the future. In fact, honoring and integrating trauma and shipwreck from the past, can create powerful future impulses and assisting making Europe a global power for 21st century.
Only then it will make history without beeing considered as Theme Park Europe...):)
Merkels Lack of Resolve Poses Risks for Germany
By SPIEGEL Staff
They call her "Madame No" in Brussels. But criticism of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's handling of the growing economic crisis has increased in Germany as well. It's been her first real test as chancellor -- and many say she is failing.
How well they get on. They greet each other with kisses on the cheek and a warm embrace, they address each other as "chère Angela" and "chère Nicolas" and they look inseparable. Merkel beams, Nicolas grins.
He does the German chancellor the honor of inviting her to his apartment to lunch with his world-famous wife Carla Bruni. And then, as soon as Angela Merkel has left, Nicolas Sarkozy makes the following remark about how the two countries are tackling the financial crisis. "France is working at it, Germany is thinking about it."
Indeed, despite appearances to the contrary, the reality is that they don't really like each other at all. Their meeting on Monday last week in Paris was in fact little more than an operetta. Once it was over and she was gone, he put the boot in, thump. And she didn't defend herself. Not a word from Angela Merkel about the staggering impertinence of Nicolas Sarkozy.
Impertinent he may be, but he's not entirely wrong. These days, Merkel is nothing like as active as the French president. Both are governing on the thin ice of the financial crisis, but Sarkozy is whistling as he turns confident pirouettes, while Merkel is crawling across the slippery surface on all fours, slowly and cautiously. Right now she's the one who looks pale, who is under fire.
It's not just Germany that's mired in crisis, it's Merkel's government. She had hoped to cruise through to the September 2009 general election and win it on her strong opinion poll results. All she had to do was stand by as the rival Social Democrat party wore itself down in perennial infighting. That was her campaign plan for next year.
Strategy of Silence
Now, though, she suddenly faces the biggest challenge of her chancellorship. She has to get Germany through the crisis. The hour of the Chancellor has chimed, but Merkel is behaving as though she hasn't heard the gong. There are no grand words or grand deeds coming from the chancellery. It's as though Merkel wants to overcome the crisis with a strategy of silence.
But is that feasible given the prospect of the worst economic downturn Germany has suffered in decades? Just a few weeks ago the experts still predicted that Europe's largest economy would deliver modest growth next year. Now they're forecasting the worst recession since World War II.
The financial crisis is paralyzing world trade and no country is set to suffer more from that development than Germany, due to its reliance on exports. The economists of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development predict that Germany will be "hit hard", and that the number of people out of work will surge by 700,000 over the next two years. The downturn has already begun. Daimler plans short-time working for four German plants, steel giant ArcelorMital wants to axe 6,000 jobs in Europe, and chemicals group Akzo Nobel is bracing for a decline in demand by between 10 and 20 percent. It could turn into a downturn matching that of the Great Depression following the 1929 crash.
And what is Merkel doing? She put together a rescue package for banks that so far hasn't had much effect. She has come up with an economic stimulus package that may not be enough. She hasn't made a single major speech. There is no sign of a claim to leadership, whether in Germany, Europe or the world.
Read More..
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During the U.S. presidential campaign, Barack Obama earned the nickname “No Drama Obama” for his self-discipline, coolness under fire and steady demeanor. Germany’s Chancellor, Angela Merkel, seems to be another leader preferring cool-headedness under fire. Jackson Janes explains.
No Drama Angela