Who will be #Germany’s next #foreign #minister? Nobody cares.

source: https://www.politico.eu/article/who-will-be-germanys-next-foreign-minister-nobody-cares-heiko-maas-angela-merkel/

As far as #Merkel and her team were concerned, that made Maas perfect for the job. In contrast to his two immediate predecessors, both political heavyweights with the gravitas to assert themselves on the #world stage, #Maas, who spent most of his career as a local #SPD #politician in his native Saarland, resembled a deer in the headlights standing alongside the likes of Mike #Pompeo, secretary of state under former U.S. President Donald #Trump.

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