German Chancellor Angela Merkel went to Washington for reprimand. So believe the analysts of the German edition of Spiegel. And, most of all Merkel will get for loyalty in relation to Russia. Merkel flies across the ocean to spend half an hour alone with Trump.

Then the delegations have planned a joint two-hour lunch, but there will already be discussed positive questions such as expanding bilateral cooperation and so on.. The Chancellor's chances are, first of all, for "Nord Stream-2". The US does not hide its desire to destroy the project, they have a lot of supporters in Europe. But because of the position of the Germans, the gas pipeline has real chances for life. And it's not just that Nord Stream 2 is commercially beneficial to Germany. The chancellor in this issue literally "bound hands":.

"Permission for the construction of the gas pipeline started under Gerhard Schroeder was issued. In addition, ensuring energy security is a vital interest of Germany, so that Berlin can not abandon the project, "writes Spiegel. Another problem for which Merkel can "grab" is an increase in the military spending budget to 2% of GDP. This requirement is spelled out in the NATO Charter, but few members of the alliance follow it. In 2014 year.

All NATO members undertook a commitment for 10 years to bring defense spending to the proper level.

But so far only a few countries, in particular, Great Britain, Greece, Romania, Turkey, have approached the necessary figure. Washington such dependence is very annoying. But the state of the German economy is now such that there can be no question of any increase in contributions to NATO. On the contrary, the Bundestag plans to seriously reduce the military expenditures of the country. In general, Merkel is waiting for a very difficult half-hour. She has nothing to cover. Attack also.