Transatlantic TakeIt was German Chancellor Angela Merkel who “stepped in” to keep Europe together when “not once or twice but three times this year there has been reason to wonder whether Europe could continue to exist,” says the TIME article that names her person of the year. In the course of the decade that Angela Merkel has governed Germany, the largest EU member state but long-time “political pygmy” has taken on increasing responsibility as a leader in Europe and internationally.
This increase of power is not the result of a master plan. Quite the contrary. As TIME also notes, the coincidence …read more
Merkel’s Year of Crisis Leadership
