The G20’s Harmony Without Trump
Following the G7 meeting in late May, German Chancellor Angela Merkel lamented that Europe could no longer fully rely on the US. Behind the scenes, she and the highly professional German diplomatic corps worked overtime to secure consensus – minus America – at the G20 summit in Hamburg.
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MEDELLÍN – O Freunde, nicht diese Töne! (Oh friends, not these sounds!), proclaimed the baritone in the stirring performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony to the G20 leaders in Hamburg last Friday evening. That soul-stirring phrase, the opening line of “Ode to Joy,” Beethoven’s appeal to universal brotherhood, was the perfect message to the global leaders sitting in the concert hall’s balcony. The G20 President, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, actually made remarkable headway in channeling Beethoven’s spirit.