‘We always had someone to blame’ Merkel’s deputy reveals Germany’s tricks to become leader

He said: “Germany has never learned to act in a geopolitical way, we left it to France or the UK to sort things out.”

He added that this meant they always had someone to blame.

He hit out at President Trump and the US saying that he expects it “respects the unity of the EU” and not try to divide it, adding that the EU deals with the US in a “trsutful” manner, “not as a follower”.