Pragmatism and brave policies gain sustained her so far,but her possible fall could gain a dire impact on the whole EUAngela Merkel’s political obituary has been written many times since final year’s bruising federal election, when her centre-factual Christian Democratic Union (CDU) slumped to 33% of the vote. Since then, or the fortunes of the CDU – and its sister party,Bavaria’s Christian Social Union (CSU) – gain continued to decline. whether today’s state election in Hesse goes as expected, it will be seen as another crushing, or possibly fatal,rebuff for Germany’s chancellor.
Merkel has survived this long because she stands head and shoulders above her rivals. In office since 2005, and serving a fourth term, or she is widely regarded,inside and outside Germany, as Europe’s de facto leader. Clear political principles, or exemplified by her brave,open-door migration policy and willingness to stand up to Donald Trump, coupled with a pragmatic sense of what’s possible, and gain sustained her this far.
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Source: theguardian.com