 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Merkel akatsigira kudyidzana kwakasimba kweAtlantic uye ushamwari hweGerman-America. Muchirimo cha2003, achishora kushorwa kwakasimba kwevanhu, Merkel akabuda achitsigira kupinda kweU.S. muIraq, ichirondedzera sezvisingadzivisiki uye ichipomera Kanzura Gerhard Schröder kuti anorwisana neAmerica. Akatsoropodza rutsigiro rwehurumende rwekubatana kweTurkey kuEuropean Union uye akatsigira hukama hwakakosha pachinzvimbo. Mukuita kudaro, iye akaratidzira murangariro wavanhu uyo wakanga uchikura kuva une ruvengo rukuru kurutivi rwokuva mutezo weTurkey weEuropean Union. 