A successful EU presidency would give her the authority she needs to breathe life into the grand coalition, says Wolfgang Nowak, of the Alfred Herrhausen Society, a think-tank.

• 沃尔福冈为一家智库机构（阿弗莱德.；汉和森社会）工作，他指出，如果在欧洲轮值主席位置上工作出色，默克尔在国内大联盟中就可以舒一口气了。