Germany to support Paul Wolfowitz

DW-WORLD.DE: Germany has promised the United States that it will not block the nomination of Paul Wolfowitz as the next head of the World Bank. In an interview with the broadcaster N-TV, Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said he told US President George W. Bush in a telephone conversation that the nomination "would not fail" because of Germany. The tacit approval is one of the strongest signals yet that Schroeder wants to strengthen transatlantic ties. European Union finance ministers are expected to discuss the controversial nomination of the US deputy defense secretary on Tuesday. Link