Angela Merkel has been Chancellor for 15 years.
French ex-top politicians pay homage to her - but also note: Merkel is not necessarily “super funky”.
Berlin / Paris
-
Angela Merkel has been Chancellor
for
exactly
15 years to
the day
- there were congratulations, memories and a few tips on Sunday.
The French newspaper
Le Parisien
took the anniversary as an opportunity to interview politicians with whom Merkel had consulted and negotiated in the course of her career.
"She is by far the greatest political figure in Europe," the newspaper quoted the
former French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner
, who is still happy to receive the Chancellor's birthday greetings.
Merkel is "a woman who knows how to be strong, but never tough."
Angela Merkel celebrates the anniversary of the Chancellery - France's ex-prime minister: "German quality, but not super funky"
Merkel is very factual, an example of “German quality”, recalled
Jean-Marc Ayrault
, who was France's Prime Minister from 2012 to 2014.
And added: "It can also be annoying because it is sometimes very slow, not super funky." Other French politicians also described the German Chancellor as someone who takes time to make important decisions.
"Angela Merkel is a solid rock and a role model for women worldwide," wrote the Women's Union on Twitter.
The President of the European Central Bank,
Christine Lagarde
, congratulated on Twitter and wrote: "Chancellor Merkel has taken decisive steps to make Europe stronger in times of challenges and is now one of the most respected leaders in the world."
Angela Merkel: CDU is still looking for the right solution at the party leadership - AfD is looking forward to the end of the era
The
many years of CDU leader Merkel
had announced in October 2018 not to want to run more in the general election 2021st
Former Saarland Prime Minister
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer was
elected as
her successor at the head of the party in December 2018
.
In the meantime, a tough battle for the successor to Kramp-Karrenbauers has been raging for around nine months.
The party also congratulated Merkel on Sunday by tweet.
Tomorrow 15 years ago Angela #Merkel was elected the first #Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany.
<> ♥ ️ pic.twitter.com/YQQFHnallV
- Germany's CDU (@CDU) November 21, 2020
Above all from the
AfD
, at whose party congresses "Merkel must go!" Is often shouted, there were negative comments on the anniversary.
“Hold on people, just one more year!” Wrote AfD member of the Bundestag
Joana Cotar
on Twitter
with a view to the next
general election in autumn 2021
.
(
dpa / fn
) *
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