And she must always be mindful of the German constitutional court, which plays a very strong role in interpreting treaties like those that bind Germany to the E.U.
Glushko endeavoured to keep Lisicki on the chase, from side to side; perhaps mindful of the German's fitful start to the year and lack of match practice.
Perhaps mindful of whatever German phrase he planned to include in his later speech at the Brandenburg Gate, he wondered aloud whether the reporter had practiced (as Mr. Obama surely would have).
It also allowed the chancellor to reposition herself as a watchful protector of German values, mindful of immigrants who would create no-go enclaves in German cities, disrespect women or fail to heed what she has called the "obligations" of living in Germany.
Many Germans, mindful of history, object to having their tax money used to turn Berlin into a powerful capital anew.
By contrast, the German authorities, apparently less constrained by civil-liberties concerns and mindful of the violence perpetrated by German fans at the World Cup in France in 1998, are energetically exercising new powers they have to stop hooligans, convicted or otherwise, from travelling.Although the focus of attention and policy, career troublemakers are only part of a much wider problem.
Her critics dismiss Ms. Merkel as overly pragmatic rather than visionary, ever mindful of her need to keep German voters on her side as she enters an election year.
But other European leaders, like the Germans, are mindful of needing support from constituents who do not want to spend their earnings to bail out one country after another.
Modern Germans are mindful of the past, but they no longer feel in thrall to it, and their country's liberal credentials are secure enough to allow them to laugh about the way we see them.
Mindful of elections coming next month, the German chancellor, Gerhard Schröder, has already announced $378 million in aid.
