Angela Merkel
Angela Merkel served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021, the first woman to hold the office and one of Europe's longest-serving democratic leaders.
Her name often appears in discussions of European politics, the 2015 refugee crisis, and pragmatic centrism: Merkel's coalition held together through the financial crisis.
Sometimes called Mutti (German for "mommy") by Germans, mixing affection with mild derision.
Senior administrative official
- glass ceilingUnacknowledged limit blocking advancement
- trailblazerFirst to forge ahead
- physicistScientist of matter and energy
- East GermanyFormer communist German state
reunification · pragmatism · crisis management · steady hand · longevity · coalition government · grand coalition · caretaker
Discussion seeking mutual accord
- Ukraine crisisRusso-Ukrainian geopolitical conflict
- PutinRussian authoritarian leader
- transatlanticSpanning the ocean between continents
- NATOWestern defense organization
G7 · G20 · summits · European Union · multilateral · sanctions · refugee crisis · Turkey
Somewhat conservative politically
- fiscal disciplineControlled government spending
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- stabilityResistance to displacement
- moderationAvoidance of excess
gradualism · free market · balanced budget · sound money · competitiveness · market economy
Rules governing displaced persons
- eurozone crisisEuropean monetary union turmoil
- COVID responseMeasures addressing viral outbreak
- climate policyLaws governing atmospheric protection
- German reunificationMerging of divided nation
European integration · open borders · humanitarian · controversial · polarizing · 2015 · migration · asylum
chancellor
Senior administrative official
- glass ceilingUnacknowledged limit blocking advancement
- trailblazerFirst to forge ahead
- physicistScientist of matter and energy
East Germany · reunification · pragmatism · crisis management · steady hand · longevity · coalition government · grand coalition · caretaker · succession
negotiation
Discussion seeking mutual accord
- Ukraine crisisRusso-Ukrainian geopolitical conflict
- PutinRussian authoritarian leader
- transatlanticSpanning the ocean between continents
NATO · G7 · G20 · summits · European Union · multilateral · sanctions · refugee crisis · Turkey · Erdogan
center-right
Somewhat conservative politically
- fiscal disciplineControlled government spending
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- stabilityResistance to displacement
moderation · gradualism · free market · balanced budget · sound money · competitiveness · market economy
refugee policy
Rules governing displaced persons
- eurozone crisisEuropean monetary union turmoil
- COVID responseMeasures addressing viral outbreak
- climate policyLaws governing atmospheric protection
German reunification · European integration · open borders · humanitarian · controversial · polarizing · 2015 · migration · asylum · integration
- German FiguresOtto von Bismarck, Bach, Beethoven, Albert Einstein, Goethe
- politicianspoliticians, Joe Biden, congressman, Nancy Pelosi, senator
- European LeadersWinston Churchill, Margaret Thatcher, Charles de Gaulle, Tony Blair, Emmanuel Macron
- German PoliticiansOtto von Bismarck, Kohl, Schmidt, Schroeder, Bismarck
- GermanyBerlin, Munich, Hamburg, Germany, German
- notable womenRosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Florence Nightingale, Susan B. Anthony
Angela MerkelDonald Trump
Boris Johnson · Jair Bolsonaro · Vladimir Putin · Hugo Chávez · Benito Mussolini
Angela MerkelAdolf Hitler
Kaiser Wilhelm II · Nazi Germany · Third Reich · German nationalism
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