Some call her pragmatic, others Machiavelian. <br /><br />Angela Merkel has managed to outmaneuver the princes in her own party and steer Europe towards a more rigorous and centralised European fiscal policy.<br /><br />Does she do it with vision, shaping Europe's future by forcing the so-called PIIGS to reform despite violent protests? <br /><br />...<br />http://www.euronews.net/