Next week, Angela Merkel will welcome the fourth French president of her chancellorship to Berlin.
In Emmanuel Macron, she will meet the man who staved off the far-right threat and possibly saved the European Union from breaking apart, but also a man whose ambitious ideas for shaking up the eurozone are anathema to many in Germany, particularly in her conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party.
Macron's resounding victory over the National Front candidate and arch euro...
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