Now the Germans seem to be choosing a new Merkel from another party.
–Angela Merkel will soon disappear from the Chancellery, but some of her may remain.
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– They know me, Angela Merkel said in an appeal at the end of a TV duel in the election campaign in 2013. She addressed the viewer with the polite De-form. It was standard in Germany. Now it’s on its way out, but it’s gradually.
The priest’s daughter and physicist from the GDR was elected in 2005. Then she was re-elected in 2009, 2013 and in 2017. After a full 16 years in power, she resigns after the election on 26 September.
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