Kamala Harris is to hold talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the first time the vice president will host a foreign leader since taking office.
During Europe’s 2015 migrant crisis, Germany took in more than 1 million newcomers, sparking a backlash by some. Five years on, tensions have eased.“In part this is a farewell visit, in part she is signaling continuity and stability in the German-U.S. relationship,” said Johannes Timm, a senior fellow at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, a think tank in Berlin.
After 16 years of dealing with Merkel, many officials in Washington and elsewhere are wondering what course Germany might take after its Sept. 26 election. Merkel — who has dealt with four U.S. presidents in her time — will seek to reassure them that there won’t be a huge shift, he said.ahead of the September election, but the environmentalist Greens and the center-left Social Democrats are also vying to lead a future government.
Along with the substance, there will be plenty of ceremony during Merkel’s one-day visit to Washington: She will receive an honorary doctorate — her 18th — from Johns Hopkins University, and she and her husband, chemist Joachim Sauer, will dine with the first family at the White House.
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