Mr Steinmeier said the 68-year-old’s “exceptionally long time in office” was, in part, due to “how you so convincingly used the experiences you gained during the dictatorship to strengthen democracy”.
He added: “At a time when our Continent threatened to fall apart, you kept the centre and periphery together.” Deputy CDU leader Carsten Linnemann called Dr Merkel’s liberal refugee legacy a “blatant failure” for “not protecting borders”, adding that her decision to abolish nuclear energy after the Fukushima incident – a step completed on Sunday – was “not thought through”.
But Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, 10 weeks after she retired, has raised uncomfortable questions about her approach to Moscow – in particular Germany’s dependency on Russian gas.
World Tireless effort as chancer. Few in Ireland should get the same honour.
merkel was a dose, she left germany relying on russian oil and gas and she gets awarded ? 😂
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