Angela Merkel

Johnson is in danger of over-estimating the German Chancellor’s desire to reach a sensible solution to Brexit - just like his predecessors.

We still have some influence despite having a lame-duck PM just as the EU chooses its new presidents. How much more we’ll have if we stay.

Tories’ “Malthouse Compromise” truce is falling apart. MPs must stop wasting time, rule out “fantasy politics” and back People’s Vote.

German chancellor’s decision to step down as party leader will leave Berlin politics in turmoil with little room to compromise on Brexit.

The return of the grand coalition in Berlin will not make a difference to the Brexit negotiations: they still think it’s a rotten idea.

When France and Germany applied pressure on Putin over Syria ceasefire, May was nowhere. Brexit is looking like ticket to irrelevance.

From Macron to Trump, it’s clear Brexit is putting UK on back foot on global stage. Before referendum we were punching above our weight.

Lack of stable government in Berlin cuts room for manoeuvre in Brussels. Even if May proposed “grand bargain”, Merkel couldn’t respond.

David Davis’s attempt to woo German business for a soft Brexit seems to have fallen flat in Berlin.

Brexiters thought Berlin would help us get good deal because it was desperate to sell us BMWs. It’s actually taking a very tough line.

It won’t just take months to negotiate complex three-party coalition. New government will be just as opposed to cherry picking as last.

Farage and his ilk are living in a parallel universe when they think German elections will produce a sea-change in EU’s approach to Brexit.