Merkel drowns her sorrows over Trump after 'unsatisfactory' end of G7 Summit
GERMAN chancellor Angela Merkel knocks back a beer at a festival in Munich yesterday after failing to see eye to eye with US President Donald Trump at the G7 Summit in Sicily.
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While six of the seven leaders, including Theresa May, backed a deal to limit greenhouse gases, Mr Trump will decide next week.
He has called global warming a hoax and has been reported to want to drop a treaty signed by his predecessor.
Mrs Merkel said: “The times when we could rely on others are over. I have experienced this in the last few days.
The times when we could rely on others are over. I have experienced this in the last few days
“We Europeans must really take our fate into our own hands.“
Meanwile, Mrs Merkel told the crowd Britain and the United States were no longer reliable allies following Brexit and the election of Donald Trump.
Addressing the crowd in Munich, she expressed dissatisfaction over the G7 summit which ended yesterday.
Referring to the talks, she labelled the outcome of the "six against one" discussion "very difficult, not to say very unsatisfactory".
She claimed Germany would look to improve relations with France following the election of Emmanuel Macron.
Angela Merkel added: “We have to fight for our destiny."