At the recent summit meetings in Europe, the discussions between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the USA's current president were mixed.
On the one hand, Merkel clearly refused, when Obama suggested that the German federal government should borrow billions of Euros and pump them into the regional economy. Merkel indicated that it would be irresponsible to put the government into that degree of debt, and there is no certainty, or even probability, that this manoeuvre would help the economy.
On the other hand, Chancellor Merkel gave Obama the green light to commit more American soldiers into Afghanistan. She indicated that Obama's plan to send another 19,000 soldiers (to join the 38,000 already there) would be greeted by Germany as a stabilizing influence in that part of the globe.
