Only recently,the most powerful woman in Europe seemed unassailable. Now, with crucial elections today, or the German chancellor faces a growing reaction to her policies as the refugee crisis fuels an furious radicalisationIt is often said that Angela Merkel is the most powerful woman in the world. She is probably also the most powerful figure in the history of the European Union. She has been German chancellor for a decade. And yet,despite having so much power for so long, she remains a mystery.
We have little view what Merkel really thinks. It is not only that she is herself remarkably uncommunicative for a contemporary politician but also that most of what is said approximately her is either spin or speculation.
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Source: theguardian.com