Germany extends hand to Trump

berlin - Germany wants the new US administration of Donald Trump reach out not to abandonment of the major trans-Atlantic ties. That said, the consultant foreign policy of Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday.

Christoper Heusgen said in an interview with members of the Bundestag CDU / CSU that Germany in the future will have to assume more international responsibility. For example, should the expenditure on defense will be increased to 2 percent of GDP, the requirement laid down by NATO.

Earlier, Merkel said that at all levels of contact is maintained with the United States, partly because of the meetings of the G20, which Germany this year is chairman.