And yet many Germans were not keen.
Her parents were not keen on the marriage.
When I got myself a tattoo for my 17th birthday, my parents were not keen.
When asked about the Olympic under-23 proposal, players in London were not keen.
"The majority of my friends were not keen for me to do this," said Satoko Fogarty, Miko's mother.
City voices were not keen on the tale, however, arguing that investors were unlikely to be keen about such a prospect.
Lord Sugar and his advisers were not keen on the idea, but Hogan insisted she did not regret giving up her well-paid job as an accountant.
Druckerman was not in love with Paris and disappointed to find that the French mothers, with whom she had expected to make friends, were not keen on bonding with other mothers.
In the 1990s, many locals were not keen on the town's association with a hard-drinking rock'n'roller, but since the launch of the tribute event 10 years ago, attitudes appear to have softened.
But Mr. Levin has advocated a military overhaul, something that Mr. Rumsfeld is now pursuing and that Republican leaders, eager to protect military contracts in their home states, were not keen on supporting.
Mr Abe's LDP and its backers in business were the chief beneficiaries.Concern that Mr Abe's hawkishness could upset China explains why Americans were not keen he bring to Washington ideas they would normally approve of.
