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# He's big in Germany
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/hes-big-in-germany/
- Published: 2008-05-27T17:05:20.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:40:36.000Z
- Author: openUSA Openusa
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:41

Spiegel Online looks at [Obama's growing popularity in Germany](http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,555437,00.html?ref=opendemocracy.net). While Berlin sees McCain as a "Cold War relic", much of the German policy-making establishment is "projecting its hopes and dreams on Obama". A brief phone call between German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Obama had illuminating consequences:

*The few minutes spent on the telephone gave Steinmeier the impression that Obama is prepared to fundamentally reconsider the course of US foreign policy. Steinmeier was impressed, and only a day later he publicly outed himself as the senator's latest fan. "Yes we can," the minister, not known for his emotional outbursts, chanted, evoking Obama's campaign slogan during a speech at Harvard University. Steinmeier used the term to express his desire for a renewal of trans-Atlantic relations.*