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.
Her sobriety and probity are in no doubt. And yet ambiguity envelops her record. Perhaps it is rooted in the fact that many of the most significant achievements of her tenure have come with a darker underside. Her economic policies were notably business-friendly, but failed to do enough when it came to technological and infrastructure modernization.
It was also the responsible thing to do; it took pressure off much weaker neighbors. Most of those who stayed have become integrated into society and the workforce.
But cities and states struggled to cope at first. Merkel is a true believer in the transatlantic alliance, yet she struggled to stand up to U.
Her reluctance to recognize and counter Russian and Chinese interference in the European space for what it is—efforts to establish dominance and undermine the cohesion of the West—has weakened the EU in a dark time. When the chancellor rises to the occasion, she shows herself to be a shrewd and empathetic leader who can forge common purpose out of disunity —as she has done at many EU and G-7 summits, and during the pandemic. Pictured: Refugees making their way through Hungary.
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