"Merkel's ability to mediate and broker compromises within the EU has been seriously compromised." - #AJOpinion, by Thorsten Benner.
![Coalition talks between German Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU and three other parties collapsed on November 20 [Reuters/Michael Dalder]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2017/11/22/adec9c20bb774260ac8d667ca8703617_18.jpg "Imagining a post-Merkel Europe")
Coalition talks between German Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU and three
other parties collapsed on November 20 [Reuters/Michael Dalder]
