European leaders will increasingly pit themselves against her
Angela Merkel is wounded and her former allies are turning enemies.
For more than a decade, she has reshaped Europe in her image. But the refugee crisis, Grexit, Brexit and economic malaise have left her weaker than ever.
I suspect she will never recover.
Listen to what Italian PM Matteo Renzi had to say earlier this week.
"Stressing austerity means destroying Europe," Renzi told an audience of policy experts at the Council on Foreign Relations. "Which is the only country which receives an advantage from this strategy? The one which exports the most: Germany."
A public criticism of another country like that is a major diplomatic taboo.
Renzi's political instincts have been brilliant in his short career and he thinks he can take on Merkel and win. He won't be the last one.
Merkel may try to distance her self from the EU or throw Juncker under the bus but her brand is unlinkable from austerity, integration and open borders.
The next question is whether Merkel will cling to power too long rather than fade away. If she doesn't go quietly, other politicians may find out just how popular Germany-bashing is.