Summary
The presently strained relationship between Germany and the United States could improve markedly and the erstwhile alliance between the two countries might even strongly revive if the Christian Democratic Union returns to power. At present, the two countries' "relations are more damaged, not poisoned," one center- right German parliamentarian commented at a late April discussion hosted at the Hay Adams Hotel by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies.
While even the center-right Germans offer different perspectives on the Middle East and Iraq than those of the Bush administration, there are often broad areas of accord, or at least a distinct absence of rancorous conflict.See the full content of this document
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German Aces Up the U.S. Sleeve
If in two years, as present trends indicate, Germany's government is headed by the kind of thinking that surfaced in these discussions, America and Germany are likely to grow closer together, while France may have to fish or cut bait.
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