Time to go, meine Frau

Obama's visit in Germany last month caused a lot of comments, including questions why it was happening just before the Super-Tuesday in the US primaries. During the meeting, Merkel and Obama vowed to speed up the TTIP negotiations. "We must hurry", Merkel said, arguing that TTIP would be very useful as it would grant higher growth for the German economy, and by extension, to the European economy. People are not convinced, obviously (and that's quite an understatement).

In turn, Obama said he was hoping the agreement would enter parliaments for discussion before the end of his term. Then the two went on to discuss Syria, Ukraine and Libya. Obama again expressed his support for Merkel's immigration policy, saying she was "at the right side of history". All the while, 35+ thousand people protested in Hannover against both the TTIP, Merkel's immigration policies, and Frau Kanzler herself. 'Protesting' being another understatement, by the way.

There is a Grand Game being played here again...