and a sense of seriousness that perhaps, certainly when it came to sarkozy, perhaps some would argue did not exist. but i think thomas has hit on something there which i think is interesting. and thomas has written brilliantly about angela merkel over the years. i think we're beginning to see potentially a reassessment of her legacy, and this focus on the fact that there has been very little investment inwardly, you know, in germany, the missteps over certainly for some germans, migration, missteps over the handling of the european financial crisis. the greeks are still very bitter about what happened. the preponderance of the focus of the energy policy on russia — moving away from its own domestic nuclear capability in terms of energy. i think germany will remain very important and at the heart of european politics, but i think the last sort of, what, 10, 15 years of angela merkel,