and by extension her successor, it is not clear whether. Whether she can deliver her country to Armin Laschet, the world will find out on Sunday, as Europe watches closely for what sort of government Germany will have by the end of the election, and how it will continue to lead the EU. (CNN) Angela Merkel has been written off many times in her career by the politicians rivals, her own party members, and, yes.
Scholz, right, talks to Chancellor Angela Merkel during the budget. The turmoil in German Chancellor Angela Merkels ruling party was laid bare Friday as her anointed successor came out swinging against internal rivals seeking to oust her as the party bleeds voters. The centre-left SPD came first with 25.7 of the vote, followed by the conservative alliance (CDU) of outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel on 24.1 - its worst result ever. He was one of the candidates who ran to replace her. She led the successful efforts to save the euro in partnership with a string of successive French presidents, and astonished the world by offering a welcome and a home to more than a million refugees.īut for some in Britain, and in particular for David Cameron who had banked on her doing a deal to help him win the Brexit referendum, the feeling is that she didn’t deliver that same level of generosity. Who is Olaf Scholz, Germany’s successor to Merkel Scholz has become chancellor, ending Germany’s 16-year Merkel era. At left is Armin Laschet, Merkels successor at the helm of the CDU, a long-time ally of the Chancellor and the partys deputy leader since 2012.
But while her departure may be mired in criticism, her preceding 16 years since her election in 2005, are likely to be recorded positively by historians.Īs the first woman to become Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel rose from virtual obscurity outside the country’s borders, to becoming the essential European politician and power figure.
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