Goodbye Angela

[Johan]

Tomorrow, Germany will hold federal elections and decide who's gonna be Federal Chancellor of Germany after 16 years fo Angela Merkel (2005 - 2021)

I don't know much about german polictics but for the germans to have re-elected her 3 times in a row (2009, 2013, 2018), I think she's been a good leader for Germany.

Think about it : she has seen 4 different US Presidents : Bush Jr, Obama, Trump and Biden. She had to fight the 2008 financial crisis, the 2015 migrants crisis, Brexit, The Covid pandemic, etc...

 

[tvstrip]

Is there a G20 leader of a country which has legit elections in the modern era that comes close to that record?

 

[Theopolis Q. Hossenffer]

From humble start in East Germany to world leader(and a damned good one) Can we clone her?

 

[D-rock]

I'm not speaking about any personal political preference for her, but for years now she has been the de facto "Leader of the Free World" considering the USA abandoned any notion of taking responsibility for the title.

 

[Theopolis Q. Hossenffer]

I'm not speaking about any personal political preference for her, but for years now she has been the de facto "Leader of the Free World" considering the USA abandoned any notion of taking responsibility for the title.

Well certainly from 2016 to 2020. The book is still out on Biden.

 

[gmase]

A classic moment:

 

[tvstrip]

Pretty crazy that she's been in office so long that there's only 1 previous Chancellor still alive today.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chancellor_of_Germany

And apparently she wanted to retire, but only stuck around for the last couple of years due to trump's election.