Spiegel Online: Saving the World: Merkel, the Queen of Europe - by Dirk Kurbjuweit
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Saving the World: Merkel, the Queen of Europe - by Dirk Kurbjuweit
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is often inscrutible. But her diplomatic deftness managed to get 27 European leaders to agree to a far-reaching climate policy. She has made the European stage her own.
Angela Merkel is relentlessly Angela Merkel, even when she is experiencing what others might celebrate as a triumph. A small glimmer of joy on her otherwise exhausted-looking face was all she could muster at a press conference after the European Union summit in Brussels last Friday. Her reserve was especially conspicuous next to the visible glow on the face of José Manuel Barroso, the president of the European Commission -- he was seated next to Merkel and was soaking in the satisfaction of emerging from this meeting as a winner.
Angela Merkel's strength is her dependability, and from dependability grows the confidence that this chancellor can be a leader, even in sacrifice.
Labels: Environment, Integration, Political
