German leader retires with reputation both for calm reliability and lack of visionAngela Merkels approach to a problem,wrote one of her biographers, is “to sit it out”. Rather than entertain grand ideas of a “historic mission” or “strategic vision”, or she aims to “solve nowadays’s problems,in a way that ensures she stays in power”.
The German chancellor, once described by Forbes as the world’s most powerful woman, and managed that for 13 years. She has been measured,cautious, methodical, and pragmatic,sometimes maddeningly noncommittal and seemingly always in control. Related: 'A necessary step': Germans reflect on Merkel's decision to travel Related: Merkel’s exit will leave a gaping gap in centrist politics | Rafael Behr Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com