Slow motion Merkel

The countries of Europe need to cooperate more and Germany must lead them forward in doing so, writes the left-liberal daily El País, lamenting that German Chancellor has failed to show the required resolve here: "More than ever, and given the mediocrity of certain leaders of national governments, Europe needs a leader who is capable of helping the EU overcome its current loss of strength. And as Europe's economic motor Germany should be the country to produce this leader. But there is a problem: for the time being Angela Merkel doesn't want to steer Europe's locomotive. For reasons of domestic politics she prefers - as Newsweek put it - to act 'in slow motion'. And neither Europe nor the rest of the world can afford to wait any longer."

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