German federal elections are rarely fought on foreign policy. But if they were to be, the Greens – we now know – could be more than a safe contender.
Knowing that Germany’s incumbent chancellor is stepping down for good in September, one cannot but wonder: What could a post-Merkel era foreign policy look like?
Greens leader Annalena Baerbock gave a glimpse of this on Thursday, presenting her post-election vision to a high-level EU-US Forum.
In her laser-focused habit, she criticised China, the Kremlin and the Nord Stream 2, while stressing the importance of a transatlantic reset under Biden.
With that, Baerbock aimed to strike a different tone than Merkel, who was one of the driving forces behind a controversial Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) the EU and China concluded last December, and a staunch defender of Nord Stream 2.