German chancellor Merkel at Berlin news conference 12 March

  • new push for Europe is key to her 4th term plans
  • Germany can't tackle challenges alone, needs Europe
  • we have a lot of work ahead

SPD's Sholz:

  • German period of political uncertainty is ending
  • Europe must get stronger to tackle challenges

Meanwhile the snooze-fest continues.

GBPUSD 1.3860 EURUSD 1.2308 USDJPY 106.53 USDCAD 1.2825 AUDUSD 0.7863