Angela Merkel has officially been sworn in as the chancellor of Germany. This will be her second term. Erik Campano from France 24 writes.

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The new government coalition will give Merkel more political flexibility to tackle the economic problem of Germany, but due to the alliance with the pro-business right Merkel made one interesting possible policy change; she might support Turkey’s admission to the European Union.

This change probably was motivated by her new political partners, who were looking for ways to expand the current European market beyond the continental borders. The level of priority of this policy change might not be high yet, but it is nevertheless a small victory for Turkey.

Also, there seems to be doubts whether the new government coalition is actually going to be effective in turning Germany’s economy around from the international financial crisis. The concern is that the forces of the global economy will shift according to its will regardless of what governmental policy Merkel decides to adopt, because the magnitude of economic change that the German government is capable of might be too small. Real economic change happens in the European Union level, not member states (I feel).

One thing is clear. Merkel’s second term began with a positive start, and the relations between France and Germany seems to be going well at least in the short term.