Today our new Bundeskanzleress is making her first two visits to Paris and London with a short stopover in Brussels (why stopover, why there, don’t we have planes that can go from Paris to London nonstop, why doesn’t she use the train, that is an accurate way to save money). Actually she is saying hello at Nato HQ. Seems like Ms Merkel will work all day and doesn’t need any breaks so far. tbc.