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2021-09-25T20:04:37.855Z


The editorial of Le Figaro, by Patrick Saint-Paul. Germany feared an endless twilight, like that of its two role models in politics, Konrad Adenauer and Helmut Kohl. Did Angela Merkel do the extra mandate like them? Weakened for a time, she was reinvigorated at the end of her reign by her management of the Covid crisis. His popularity is at its zenith after sixteen years in power, a political anomaly in the 21st century! And the main stake in Sund


Germany feared an endless twilight, like that of its two role models in politics, Konrad Adenauer and Helmut Kohl.

Did Angela Merkel do the extra mandate like them?

Weakened for a time, she was reinvigorated at the end of her reign by her management of the Covid crisis.

His popularity is at its zenith after sixteen years in power, a political anomaly in the 21st century!

And the main stake in Sunday's legislative elections is to know which of the two candidates best embodies his heritage: his runner-up, the conservative Armin Laschet - as little charismatic as the chancellor - or the social democrat Olaf Scholz, who pushes the tribute to the point of 'to mimic his gestures.

Does the appropriation of Merkel's succession deserve such a fierce fight?

A pragmatic manager, she has not led to major transformations.

It skillfully capitalized on the liberal reforms of Gerhard Schröder, who put the German economy back on a virtuous course.

Merkel erected the art of consensus - sometimes

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Source: lefigaro

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