Fear is a poor advisor

The Christian Democrats' election debacle in the German state of Baden-Württemberg is just retribution for Angela Merkel's policies in the eyes of the left-liberal daily La Repubblica, because they were dictated by the fear of losing votes: "She was afraid to put her voters' egoism to the test by helping Greece and other debt-stricken states. She was afraid to follow France's suit in the fight against the Libyan ruler. She was afraid to give the EU a charismatic president and a distinguished foreign minister. She was afraid to set up a European defence and to draw up a common budget for Europe. And all this for the sake of the opinion polls. ...  Now it's the very same public opinion that has sealed the fate of a chancellor who didn't want to give Germany the leading role it deserves in the EU and who has denied the continent the role it deserves in the world."

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