2016-11-12www.spiegel.de

... the political establishment in Europe still hasn't found an answer to the populist threat. In Brussels, EU leaders are sticking to their "more Europe" mantra, even as pronounced anti-EU sentiment is growing back in their home countries.

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a self-avowed political outsider is taking the helm, and he's an unknown quantity. Suddenly, the usual channels, personal relations and institutional-level contacts -- in other words, the entire network of German-American relations -- are worth nothing. Prior to the election, German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen inquired within her ministry if any officials or military leaders had contact with Trump or anyone close to him. Nobody did.



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