Angela Merkel saw Germans through crisis after crisis. Now they wonder who'll fill the void
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It's difficult to imagine today, as Germany's widely-respected Chancellor prepares to step down after more than 15 years in the top job, but in the early stages of her career Merkel was regularly belittled and looked down on -- even by those who were supposedly on her side.
It's difficult to imagine today, as Germany's widely respected Chancellor prepares to step down after more than 15 years in the top job, but in the early stages of her career Merkel was regularly belittled and looked down on -- even by those who were supposedly on her side.
The protégé of then-Chancellor Helmut Kohl, Merkel was known by him as "mein Maedel" -- "my girl."
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