Germany's Reputation In NATO Has Suffered A Hit

Chancellor Angela Merkel with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen at the Chancellery in Berlin in early May. Germany's reputation as a reliable partner in the military alliance has been damaged. DPA

Germany's Reputation In NATO Has Hit Rock Bottom -- Spiegel Online

Ahead of the NATO summit in Chicago, Germany's standing in the alliance has reached a low point. The country's abstention in the UN vote on military action in Libya has done lasting damage to its reputation. The Germans are now seen as unreliable partners who don't know what they want.

When the 28 ambassadors of the North Atlantic Council came together at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday of last week, a key diplomat was missing. The German ambassador to NATO, Martin Erdmann, had suffered such a bad fall in his residence on Avenue de Tervueren the previous day that doctors had to stitch up his lip.

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My Comment: It has not been a good year for Germany .... and with the Euro crisis getting worse .... Germany's standing in NATO will be the least of it's worries.