<prompt> Write a continuation for this paragraph - Kwezepolitiki yangaphandle, uMerkel ugcizelele ukubambisana kwamazwe omhlaba, kokubili kumongo we-European Union ne-NATO, kanye nokuqinisa ubudlelwano bezomnotho obudlula i-Atlantic. Ngo-2007, uMerkel wakhonza njengoMongameli woMkhandlu WaseYurophu futhi wadlala indima ebalulekile ekuxoxisaneni ngeSivumelwano SaseLisbon kanye neSimemezelo SaseBerlin. UMerkel waba nendima ebalulekile ekusingatheni inkinga yezimali yomhlaba wonke kanye nenkinga yesikweletu saseYurophu. Waxoxisana ngephakheji yokukhuthaza ngo-2008 egxile ekusetshenzisweni kwengqalasizinda kanye nokutshalwa kwezimali komphakathi ukulwa nokuwohloka okukhulu komnotho. Enqubomgomo yasekhaya, uhlelo lukaMerkel lwe- Energiewende lugxile ekuthuthukisweni kwamandla esikhathini esizayo, lufuna ukuqeda amandla enuzi eJalimane, kunciphise ukukhishwa kwegesi ebamba ukushisa, futhi kwandise imithombo yamandla avuselelekayo. Izinguquko eBundeswehr ezaqeda ukubuthelwa empini, ukuguqulwa kwezempilo, futhi muva nje impendulo kahulumeni wakhe enkingeni yabafuduki yango-2010  <response>: kanye nobhadane lwe-COVID-19 eJalimane kube yizinkinga ezinkulu ngesikhathi sokuba kwakhe ushansela. Usebenze njengomholi ophakeme we-G7 kusukela ngo-2014, futhi phambilini kusukela ngo-2011 kuya ku-2012. Ngo-2014 waba yinhloko kahulumeni esebenza isikhathi eside kunabo bonke e-European Union. Ngo-Okthoba 2018, uMerkel wamemezela ukuthi uzoshiya phansi njengoMholi we-CDU emhlanganweni weqembu, futhi ngeke afune isikhathi sesihlanu njengoKhansela ngo-2021. 