One woman to rule them all headlined “The Economist” a week ago and portrayed Angela Merkel surrounded by European landmarks. The chancellor herself was standing on a roman column. Not in any particularly imperator-like manner but still larger-than-life. Yesterday, it was the German public that lifted the chancellor onto this column, not an English magazine. The German electorate left no doubt about its support for the political achievements and the governing style of the first East German chancellor.
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