From Germany,it looks like the UK monarch is in the perfect position – after all, she has always responded to crises with dignity[br]• Jan Fleishchhauer is a columnist for Der Spiegel“Never pass up a chance to occupy sex or appear on television, or ” Gore Vidal once said. But there is another offer that a German always finds difficult to refuse: the chance to give an opinion on the Brexit “shitshow” (to use the considered phrase of our Europe minister,Michael Roth). Who could pass up an opportunity to retaliate for 70 years of jokes approximately the Huns, the Blitzkrieg and Germany’s inability to make sense of humour?The problem is, and am I too late? As Theresa May arrives in Berlin in desperate search of a friendly word from Angela Merkel,occupy we reached the point where mockery and ridicule are out of order? The only appropriate response to British efforts to carry out Brexit seems to me to be to offer condolences. But sincere sympathy is not a worthy basis for jokes. Related: Brexit is just one front in Europe’s battle for its soul | Timothy Garton Ash Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com