In fact, there is very little Merkel has to do after her election to make her mark on foreign policy; the visible change of style will suffice, at least at first. In any case, she will have her hands full pushing through the economic reforms for which she will be elected and which are her top priority.
实际上，默克尔大选胜出以后，在外交政策方面发挥的余地不大。至少在开始阶段，执政风格上的转变就足够了。不论如何，推进经济改革的任务就足以让她全力以赴，而应对这些当务之急也正是她获选的原因。有迹象表明德国正在走出长期的经济滞胀，这少不了要归功于施罗德时代开始的改革。在国内，默克尔有希望收获其改革成果。