| Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany has deeply strained relations with France and other allies both in the European Union and the NATO alliance in recent weeks, raising new questions about Germany's ability to play a global role in foreign policy, even as its economic power and influence grow. By abstaining in the Security Council on the resolution authorizing military action to protect Libyan civilians -- and by refusing on Wednesday to participate in an arms embargo on Libya that was authorized by the Security Council -- Germany pointedly refused to go along with the political aims and leadership of its two most important European allies, Britain and France, as well as the United States. |
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