Following the events around the Euro crisis and especially the behaviour of the Current German government under Angela Merkel I'm a bit worried and really would like to have some input on how it is seen abroad by other forum members.

Over here it seems like she is more interested in taking control rather than finding solutions, probably down to the nearing elections and her big loss of support in the past due to ever changing opinions really always down to whatever seems to suite to the majority of electors. A lot of people over here really see that she is a radical without a concept but in desperate need to increase here power but on the other hand she's got parts of the media behind her and there is again a growing number of people who would vote for here again also due to a lack of alternatives. The political landscape is highly retarded these day over here, mainly without concepts but instead all actions down to the political campaign to win the next election. I'm very worried that the perception of this abroad puts a bad light on Germany and even more worried that the results of this sort of 'politics' will have terrifying results on the future of the political landscape worldwide.

How is the perception of the current German government abroad? What importance is being put on current event? Please give some feedback if you can![/quot

The American media portrays Germany & France as solid economically and politically stable countries. The U.S. media seems to harp on the financial and political instability of Greece & Italy the most. The German chancellor and the French President are perceived by the media as strong leaders that the European Union takes guidance from. They mainstream media always seems to insinuate that the British want nothing to do with the EU.