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Merkel, Germany's 'eternal' chancellor, marks 15 years in power
france24.com ^ | November 21, 2020 | AFP

Posted on 11/22/2020 7:09:37 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper

In power so long she has been dubbed Germany's "eternal chancellor", Angela Merkel marks 15 years at the helm of Europe's top economic power Sunday with her popularity and public trust scaling new heights as her remaining time in office ticks down.

With the coronavirus raging around the world, the pandemic has played to her strengths as a crisis manager with a head for science-based solutions.

Merkel, 66, has said she will step down as chancellor when her current mandate runs out in 2021, and leave politics altogether.

Assuming she finishes out her fourth term, she will tie Helmut Kohl's longevity record for a post-war leader, with an entire generation of young Germans never knowing another person at the top.

Once unthinkable calls for her to stand for yet another mandate can now be heard, however, spurred by her steady handling of the Covid-19 outbreak in Germany, where infection levels and deaths have remained lower than those of most European partners.

The vast majority of Germans say they put great stock in her "hammer and dance" strategy of tighter and looser restrictions based on infection levels, which she this month called "among the most difficult decisions of my time in office".

(Excerpt) Read more at france24.com ...


TOPICS: Germany; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: berlinfreeper; bothnevertrumpers; keywordrage; merkel
Imagine 16 years of Trump...
1 posted on 11/22/2020 7:09:37 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Hitler’s daughter.


2 posted on 11/22/2020 7:16:52 AM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: SkyPilot

Maybe not, but she promotes Satanism.


3 posted on 11/22/2020 7:19:23 AM PST by dangus
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To: Berlin_Freeper

There is a GIF out there, I should go looking for it. I’ll never forget it. It’s when W put his hands on her shoulders to give her a massage. She recoils in horror.

Hilarious.


4 posted on 11/22/2020 7:19:50 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (I will not rest until the American People have the honest vote count they deserve. DJT 11-07-20)
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To: Responsibility2nd

https://tenor.com/wMHQ.gif


5 posted on 11/22/2020 7:23:15 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (I will not rest until the American People have the honest vote count they deserve. DJT 11-07-20)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

6 posted on 11/22/2020 7:24:12 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Probably a beneficiary of Dominion.


7 posted on 11/22/2020 7:26:05 AM PST by angmo (#joeknew)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

And thanks to her “leadership,” 15 years from now the top 3 baby names in Germany will be Mohammed, Abdul and Khalid.


8 posted on 11/22/2020 7:26:16 AM PST by montag813
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Longer than her mentor, Erich Honecker?


9 posted on 11/22/2020 7:31:50 AM PST by AC86UT89
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I’d love 15 + years of Trump.


10 posted on 11/22/2020 7:40:18 AM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kil l you. )
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Imagine 16 years of Trump...
You say that as if it would be a bad thing...I'm not surprised.
11 posted on 11/22/2020 7:49:12 AM PST by lewislynn ( It's not your color stupid, it's your attitude.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

“infernal” is more like it.


12 posted on 11/22/2020 7:56:29 AM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("All men and women were created by the, you know, you know, the thing." -- Joe Biden 3/3/20)
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To: SkyPilot; Berlin_Freeper

More appropriately she is Erik Honnecker’s “daughter.” Since she was born and raised in formerly Communist East Germany.


13 posted on 11/22/2020 7:58:28 AM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: pepsionice

Ping


14 posted on 11/22/2020 8:07:12 AM PST by PROCON (Molon Labe)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

https://www.scytl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/european-parliament-elections-2019-success-case-2.pdf

Sponsored by SCYTL


15 posted on 11/22/2020 8:09:55 AM PST by MNDude
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To: lewislynn
You say that as if it would be a bad thing...I'm not surprised.
That's just plain foolish.
16 posted on 11/22/2020 8:31:08 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Surpassed only by Putin.


17 posted on 11/22/2020 8:56:41 AM PST by vigilence (Vigilence)
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To: PROCON

Some German commented today...Merkel was the best Green Party Chancellor ever, and then cited around ten examples....all big goals of the 1980s Green Party, accomplished under Merkel leadership.


18 posted on 11/22/2020 9:24:02 AM PST by pepsionice
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