EADS-BAE failure

EADS-BAE failure shows road to united EU ends in Berlin

Written by Charles Grant, 11 October 2012

"The German government, compared to the French and the British governments, is always unco-ordinated," said Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform. "You have different ministries, different parties with their own agenda and a structurally weak leadership in the sense that the chancellery doesn't have the power over the system that the Elysee has or the British government has. And Merkel has not been a great visionary leader."

Link to press quote:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-10/eads-bae-failure-shows-road-to-integrated-eu-runs-through-berlin.html