After years of delay, federal politicians pulled themselves together and finally approved the free trade agreement.
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Berlin Catherine Dröge of all people. When the parliamentary group leader stepped up to the lectern in the German Bundestag at 11:51 a.m. on Monday, it was a historic moment. At least for the Greens, for Dröge anyway, maybe also for Germany.
Dröge had made a name for himself in recent years as one of the leaders of the anti-Ceta movement. Now, on Thursday morning, she will open the debate, at the end of which the governing coalition will vote to ratify the EU-Canada trade agreement.
It took five years, two months, ten days and around 14 hours. It took two federal governments to move forward with Ceta, and the agreement sparked street protests involving thousands of people. And it is representative of Germany’s standstill in trade policy, which is having an impact on the entire EU.
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