Merkel was often the only woman among powerful men but she did not seek to capitalize on that position, Friedl said. Merkel was born in Hamburg in West Germany, but moved to what was then East Germany when she was three months old after her father became pastor at a church near Templin, a quiet town in the countryside 90 kilometers north of Berlin.
Templin Mayor Detlef Tabbert knows the family well and has met the chancellor on several occasions. Meanwhile a survey by Pew Research published Wednesday showed that Merkel has all-time high ratings in most of the 16 advanced economies it surveyed in North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.
Greece was the only country where a majority of respondents lacked confidence in the German leader. In I had a long talk to businesspeople and they asked me who might be the next chancellor candidate of the Christian Democrats. And my answer was Angela Merkel. And they were all laughing at me because they cannot imagine that this lady might become chancellor.
Search Search. Home United States U. Africa 54 - November 11, Her decision for a step-by-step withdrawal was a clear signal to the AfD: I leave on my own terms and not because I am afraid of you. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the AfD leadership views the matter differently. Activists shouted it to disrupt her election rallies, and disseminated it on bumper stickers, posters and t-shirts. Now that Merkel is willing and ready to go, it becomes obvious how short-sighted this campaign was.
One cannot help but think that the AfD leaders have not thought as far ahead as to work out what happens next. Like many other commentators, Weidel and Gauland declared that they are anxious to find out who will succeed Merkel.
At this stage, three bids for the leadership seem to have good prospects of success. However, many in the party want to see a clear break with the Merkel era and might support Jens Spahn or Friedrich Merz. So, I got that really, really, really wrong. Still, such an Alpine range of political capital begs questions.
Where did it come from? What will she do with it? Willy Brandt sought reconciliation with Eastern Europe, falling to his knees in Warsaw. Helmut Kohl gave up the deutschmark for the sake of a European currency and steered the two Germanies to reunification.
Yet all three were great chancellors. Certainly, the character flaws of some of her predecessors elude her. She only ran for a fourth term after agonizing reflection, and stepped down gracefully as party head after two regional election defeats for her party in ; she has firmly excluded running again—or seeking any other public office. She is famously hard-working and in total command of her material. You can change privacy settings or directly allow all cookies. Click here for the privacy policy.
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