The German chancellor has done well over Ukraine. But she owes a lot to othersLast week, German chancellor Angela Merkel was not dubbed the “most powerful woman in the world”. Time magazine had done that a few years ago. Now, gender specifics are cast aside, as she claims the position of the European continent’s “most powerful political figure”, as the New York Times chose to call her. Interestingly, Germans do not take to her because she is powerful. We prefer a chancellor who is pedestrian, normal, like the potato soup she allegedly enjoys preparing, and who is adamant only when …read more
Source: The Guardian
