"Angela Merkel, the fall"

Of her two models in politics - Konrad Adenauer and Helmut Kohl -, she did not learn an important lesson. The fourth mandate is that of too much, that of decline. However, Adenauer will remain in history as the chancellor of reconstruction, father of modern Germany. Kohl, like that of reunification. And Angela Merkel? She was crowned "the most powerful woman in the world", admired for her talents as a political strategist, and also for her wisdom. But, at the end of the day, what is left of his action? A mixed record, a feeling of indecision and an endless fall.

Put back on a virtuous trajectory by the liberal reforms of Gerhard Schröder, the German economy ended up running out of steam under his care. The euro crisis marked the return of "German selfishness". His project for Europe came down to an accounting vision, synonymous with financial rigorism. For the Germans, she will remain the chancellor of the door open to waves of migrants, the one who

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