Berlin: A few weeks before the national election defining the era, Germany lost Chancellor Angela Merkel, praised its calm influence and stabilizes it when they prepare with a blend of expectations and doubts for life under a new leader for the first time in 16 years.
Chancellor of four times Merkel, who resigned after the voting on September 26, has stood large on the European stage almost since serving in 2005 when George W.
Bush is the US President, Jacques Chirac at the Ellysee Palace in Paris and Tony Blair British Prime Minister.
Armed with a doctorate in quantum chemistry, Merkel has used a pragmatic approach and problem solving to the government to help navigate Germany and Europe through the eurozone crisis, the entry of major migrants in 2015 and Pandemic Covid-19.
“He was clear, he was smart and I missed him,” Birgit Dieck, walked through the center of Berlin, said about a woman who was often known as ‘mutti’, or mother, and regularly assessed Germany’s favorite politicians.
“He is always there.
He’s like home from home.” Under Merkel, Germany has gone from being labeled “human ill-European human” to economic powererhouse, although it remains very divided into the east-west lines and the arrival of one million plus migrants in 2015 pushes far away, breaking politics.
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The daughter of a Protestant priest, Merkel grew up in East Germany before taking the leadership of the Western Catholic West Germany party, Democratic Christian Union (CDU).
“As the first woman, Chancellor, I think of skeptics,” Maria Luisa Schill, from near Freiburg in the Black Southwestern Black Forest, said Merkel, which on Wednesday described itself as a feminist.
Schill appreciates the Merkel crisis management skills.
“He is the person you see as your anchor in a storm, which you trust.
I think he did a good job,” Schill added, walking in front of the Gate Brandenburg Landmark Berlin.
However, for many younger German, Merkel’s success was largely rooted in the past, and they said he had not done enough to overcome climate change, improve education or move his country to the digital era.
“I think the biggest topic is climate change and not just Merkel, all governments spend at that time,” Maxim said, 18, who refused to give a family name.
Prospective Merkel – became the successor to CDU, Armin Laschet, promising “SteadFastness”.
But his tone failed to win over voters who were worried about global warming, immigration and covid-19, and his social rivals have followed him and his party in the poll.
What looked only a few weeks ago as a convenient victory for Merkel and CDU / CSU blocks now is a rigorous race, with various potential coalitions.
“I felt a few trembling on what was coming,” said Manfred Haas from Nuremberg.
“What do I expect? Some of the stability in the future, but I’m worried about going in the opposite direction.”