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The Associated Press reports:
Angela Merkel was assured of a place in the history books as soon as she became Germany’s first female chancellor on Nov. 22, 2005.
Over the next 16 years, she was credited with raising Germany’s profile and influence, working to hold a fractious European Union together, managing a string of crises and being a role model for women.
Now that near-record tenure is ending with her leaving office at age 67 to praise from abroad and enduring popularity at home. Her designated successor, Olaf Scholz, is expected to take office Wednesday.
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End of an era: Angela Merkel is bowing out of office just over 16 years after becoming Germany’s first female chancellor on Nov. 22, 2005. @AP reports on her tenure and her legacy. https://t.co/myJuOZWdMD
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) December 7, 2021
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s designated successor, Olaf Scholz, is expected to take office Wednesday. https://t.co/DslsKqM7E3
— HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) December 7, 2021
This is right wing propagandist and serial deceiver Posobiec taking the traditional Grober Zapfenstreich ceremony that honored Angela Merkel on her retirement to use the provocative imagery to claim they are rising up against covid restrictions. Another dangerous lie. pic.twitter.com/RghvRsHbRp
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) December 6, 2021
Olaf Scholz will on Wednesday be sworn in as Germany’s ninth postwar chancellor — and the first Social Democrat in 16 years — succeeding Angela Merkel. He wants to win back workers who defected to the populist far right. https://t.co/ydNjs3zHug
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 7, 2021
“Everywhere where scientific facts are denied, conspiracy theories and smear campaigns are spread, resistance must be loud.”
In her farewell address, German Chancellor Angela Merkel says democracy “thrives on…trust in facts” as she prepares to step down after 16 years in office pic.twitter.com/HnMgOTt7V9
— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) December 3, 2021