This happened at a time of fierce emotional debate in Germany over a book by the former Deutsche Bundesbank executive and finance senator of Berlin Thilo Sarrazin, which was critical of the Muslim immigration. A member of the Christian Democratic Union, Merkel is the first female chancellor of Germany. [39] At school she learned to speak Russian fluently, and was awarded prizes for her proficiency in Russian and mathematics. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is seen on a screen, making a statement on the events in Washington with the storming of the Capitol by Trump supporters at the beginning of the digital press conference at the winter retreat of the CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag, Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. 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[36] During this time, she participated in several compulsory courses on Marxism-Leninism with her grades only being regarded as "sufficient". Following German reunification in 1990, Merkel was elected to the Bundestag for the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. KELLY: All right. [19] She has served as senior G7 leader since 2014, and previously from 2011 to 2012. BBC: Germany's Central Muslim Council (Zentralrat der Muslime in Deutschland) criticised Mrs. Merkel for attending the award ceremony. [195], As a female politician from a centre-right party who is also a scientist, Merkel has been compared by many in the English-language press to former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (Thatcher also had a science degree from Oxford University in chemistry). [152] The international financial press has widely commented on her thesis, with The Economist saying that: If Mrs Merkel's vision is pragmatic, so too is her plan for implementing it. Angela Merkel’s black limousine cruised to a stop here outside the Hotel Adlon, a storied building near the path of the wall that kept her locked in the East for the first 35 years of her life. Merkel's position towards the negative statements by Thilo Sarrazin with regard to the integration problems with Arab and Turkish people in Germany has been critical throughout. According to Merkel, the discussions were difficult and marred by dissent. According to her personal statements, Sarrazin's approach is "totally unacceptable" and counterproductive to the ongoing problems of integration. Merkel has been widely described as the de facto leader of the European Union throughout her tenure as Chancellor. Over the past year, views on China have hardened across the German political spectrum. [128], Merkel enjoyed good relations with U.S. Presidents George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. [129] Obama described her in 2016 as his "closest international partner" throughout his tenure as president. They first met in 1981,[182] became a couple later and married privately on 30 December 1998. ... the political … Merkel’s party, the Christian Democrats, is only Right wing in a European context. She argued that existing laws made the country less competitive, because companies could not easily control labour costs when business is slow. Angela Dorothea Merkel (née Kasner; born 17 July 1954) is a German politician who has been Chancellor of Germany since 2005. [131][132], Upon the election of Donald Trump Merkel said that "Germany and America are tied by values of democracy, freedom and respect for the law and human dignity, independent of origin, skin colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation or political views. Merkel told the Prime Minister the withdrawal agreement cannot be changed during emergency talks between the two leaders in Berlin ... government from the fragmented political spectrum … In May 2016, Merkel received the International Four Freedoms Award from the Roosevelt Foundation in Middelburg, the Netherlands. [66][67] However, after three weeks of negotiations, the two parties reached a deal whereby Merkel would become Chancellor and the SPD would hold 8 of the 16 seats in the cabinet. [25][26][27][28] Merkel's maternal grandparents were the Danzig politician Willi Jentzsch, and Gertrud Alma née Drange, a daughter of the city clerk of Elbing (now Elbląg, Poland) Emil Drange. In June 2008, she was awarded an honorary doctorate from Leipzig University. As one of Kohl's protégées and his youngest Cabinet Minister, she was frequently referred to by Kohl as "mein Mädchen" ("my girl"). Almost immediately following her entry into parliament, Merkel was appointed by Chancellor Helmut Kohl to serve as Minister for Women and Youth in the federal cabinet. [88] The German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier subsequently appealed successfully to the SPD to change their hard stance and to agree a 3rd grand coalition with the CDU/CSU. "[261], Since 1991, Merkel has sat annually for sitting and standing portraits by, and interview with, Herlinde Koelbl. In 1954, when Angela was just three months old, her father received a pastorate at the church in Quitzow [de] (a quarter of Perleberg in Brandenburg), which was then in East Germany. On 28 November 2012, she received the Heinz Galinski Award in Berlin, Germany. Mrs Merkel, who has led Germany for 11 years, announces she wants to run again and admits the elections "will be difficult". BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center-right party chose Armin Laschet, the pragmatic governor of Germany’s most populous state, as its new leader Saturday. [162] Since 2016 she has been described by some commentators as the "leader of the free world". On 1 July 2018, Seehofer rejected the agreement Merkel had obtained with EU countries as too little and declared his resignation during a meeting of his party's executive, but they refused to accept it. This statement led to various internet memes and online mockery of Merkel. The EKBO is a church of the Union of Evangelical Churches. [161] Following the election of Donald Trump to the U.S. presidency in November 2016, Merkel was described by The New York Times as "the Liberal West's Last Defender". Seehofer was criticised for almost bringing the government down while the monthly number of migrants targeted by that policy was in single figures. [71], When announcing the coalition agreement, Merkel stated that the main aim of her government would be to reduce unemployment, and that it was this issue on which her government would be judged. We as Christians should above all not be afraid of standing up for our beliefs. Merkel has been criticised for being personally present and involved at the M100 Media Award handover[235] to Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, who had triggered the Muhammad cartoons controversy. [153], She produces graphs of unit labour costs ... at EU meetings in much the same way that the late Margaret Thatcher used to pull passages from Friedrich Hayek's Road to Serfdom from her handbag. German Chancellor Angela Merkel at a meeting of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in Berlin, November 20, 2017. [252], Her statement "Islam is part of Germany" during a state visit of the Turkish prime minister Ahmet Davutoğlu in January 2015[253] induced criticism within her party. She hosted the twelfth meeting at the 2017 G20 Hamburg summit. [54] He went on to squander a large lead in opinion polls to lose the election by a razor-thin margin in an election campaign that was dominated by the Iraq War. Chancellor Angela Merkel recently admitted that the AfD is a “problem” and most political analysts predict that the party will enter Germany’s federal parliament after the 2017 general election. Angela Merkel is the current Chancellor of Germany.Merkel obtained a doctorate in quantum chemistry in 1986, and worked as a research chemist until about 1989 when she entered politics.. With her in charge the CDU has resisted the right-wing populist wave that has gripped so many other conservative parties. [31] While a student, she participated in the reconstruction of the ruin of the Moritzbastei, a project students initiated to create their own club and recreation facility on campus. — German Chancellor Angela Merkel. [236] At the same time she condemned a planned burning of Qurans by a fundamental pastor in Florida. [105], Horst Seehofer, leader of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU)—the sister party of Merkel's Christian Democratic Union—and then-Bavarian Minister President, attacked Merkel's policies. — German Chancellor Angela Merkel. [111] However, while not officially limiting the influx numerically, Merkel tightened asylum policy in Germany. [10] A member of the Christian Democratic Union, Merkel is the first female chancellor of Germany. Merkel has been … The same year, in March, China's President Xi Jinping visited Germany. After Stoiber's defeat in 2002, in addition to her role as CDU Leader, Merkel became Leader of the Opposition in the Bundestag; Friedrich Merz, who had held the post prior to the 2002 election, was eased out to make way for Merkel. "[133] The comment was interpreted as reintegrative shaming. [56], Merkel supported a substantial reform agenda for Germany's economic and social system, and was considered more pro-market than her own party (the CDU). 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[262][263], Merkel was portrayed by Swiss actress Anna Katarina in the 2012 political satire film The Dictator. [256], At the conclusion of the May 2017 Group of Seven's leaders in Sicily, Merkel criticised American efforts to renege on earlier commitments on climate change. Those parties are - by and large - likely to be relieved by Mrs Merkel's decision. [169] She was named as Harvard University's commencement speaker in 2019; Harvard University President Larry Bacow described her as "one of the most widely admired and broadly influential statespeople of our time". As early as February 2001 her rival Friedrich Merz had made clear he intended to become Chancellor Gerhard Schröder's main challenger in the 2002 election. I believe in God and religion is also my constant companion, and has been for the whole of my life. Merkel played a crucial role in managing the global financial crisis and the European debt crisis. Conscription in Germany was abolished and the Bundeswehr became a Volunteer military. Merkel's own ambition to become Chancellor was well-known, but she lacked the support of most Minister-presidents and other grandees within her own party. At first she and her husband squatted in Mitte. The political center of Europe is so far to the left of the American center that the Democrats would be considered a right wing party In Europe. Her party began the campaign with a 21-point lead over the SPD in national opinion polls, although her personal popularity lagged behind that of the incumbent. With Merkel due to leave office next year and a change of coalition likely, there is a growing sense that a more hawkish stance from Berlin has become inevitable. [51][66] Neither the SPD-Green coalition nor the CDU/CSU and its preferred coalition partners, the Free Democratic Party, held enough seats to form a majority in the Bundestag. In October 2010, Merkel told a meeting of younger members of her conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party at Potsdam that attempts to build a multicultural society in Germany had "utterly failed",[95] stating that: "The concept that we are now living side by side and are happy about it" does not work[96] and "we feel attached to the Christian concept of mankind, that is what defines us. A digital conference of 1,001 delegates will elect the new leader of the ruling conservative CDU this weekend. [69] Merkel was elected Chancellor by the majority of delegates (397 to 217) in the newly assembled Bundestag on 22 November 2005, but 51 members of the governing coalition voted against her. Hilariously, she has been widely criticized by members of the German and American right-wing and far-right (in a lovely example of "anything to the left of me is leftist") for her 2015 immigration policies,[3] which states that Germany is an "open door" to refugees. Angela Merkel's party demands new vote after regional politician is elected with support from far-right AfD in move that has shocked Germany ... People from across the political spectrum … Putin claims he did not mean to scare her, though Merkel later observed, "I understand why he has to do this – to prove he's a man. Angela Dorothea Merkel (née Kasner; born 17 July 1954) is a German politician who has been Chancellor of Germany since 2005. She's stepping down at the end of this year. Life After Angela Merkel. Ostensibly responding to this, Edmund Stoiber (CSU), who was originally nominated as Minister for Economics and Technology, announced his withdrawal on 1 November 2005. At the 2009 federal election, the CDU obtained the largest share of the vote, and Merkel was able to form a coalition government with the Free Democratic Party (FDP). [31], In 1968, Merkel joined the Free German Youth (FDJ), the official communist youth movement sponsored by the ruling Marxist–Leninist Socialist Unity Party of Germany. Following the 2005 federal election, Merkel was appointed to succeed Gerhard Schröder as Chancellor of Germany, leading a grand coalition consisting of the CDU, its Bavarian sister party the Christian Social Union (CSU) and the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Merkel obtained a doctorate in quantum chemistry in 1986,[1] and worked as a research chemist until about 1989[2] when she entered politics. : The Life, Political Career, and Future of the New German Chancellor", "Angela Merkel, the girl who never wanted to stand out, to win big again", "Angela Merkel's journey from Communist East Germany to Chancellor", "Angela Merkel – Biography, Political Career & Facts", "5 Things to Know About Germany's Angela Merkel", "Life in Communist East Germany was 'almost comfortable' at times, Merkel says", "Angela Merkel's Years in East Germany Shaped Her Crisis Politics", "I Was a Squatter, Reveals German Chancellor Merkel", "How Close Was Merkel to the Communist System? 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[30] Merkel's paternal grandfather was originally Catholic but the entire family converted to Lutheranism during the childhood of her father,[26] who later studied Lutheran theology in Heidelberg and Hamburg. [44] She stated: "I can only rely on my memory, if something turns out to be different, I can live with that. [72], Her party was re-elected in 2009 with an increased number of seats, and could form a governing coalition with the FDP. [citation needed] Merkel oversaw a string of CDU election victories in six out of seven state elections in 1999, breaking the long-standing SPD-Green hold on the Bundesrat. But as Merkel has shifted to the left of the political spectrum, she has opened up a gap to her right. According to her former colleagues, she openly propagated Marxism as the secretary for "Agitation and Propaganda". In late August 2015, Chancellor Merkel announced that Germany would also process asylum applications from Syrian refugees if they had come to Germany through other EU countries. nat.) "[107] Seehofer attacked Merkel policies in sharp language, threatened to sue the government in the high court, and hinted that the CSU might topple Merkel. This page was last modified on 9 January 2021, at 22:41. [67], The first cabinet of Angela Merkel was sworn in at 16:00 CET on 22 November 2005. He is known for a botched attempt at reforming the tax system. Reforms to the Bundeswehr which abolished conscription, health care reform, and more recently her government's response to the 2010s migrant crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany have been major issues during her chancellorship. [76], Midway through her second term, Merkel's approval plummeted in Germany, resulting in heavy losses in state elections for her party. Anyone who doesn't accept that is in the wrong place here". Angela Merkel A ngela Merkel, the German chancellor, has deployed a fail-safe political weapon as campaigning intensifies ahead of German elections: sharing her recipe for potato soup. [11] Merkel has been widely described as the de facto leader of the European Union, the most powerful woman in the world and by many commentators since 2016 as the "leader of the free world".[12][13][14]. The following day, Merkel stated that the government would guarantee private savings account deposits, after all. [270], "Merkel" redirects here. [53] Her election surprised many observers, as her personality offered a contrast to the party she had been elected to lead; Merkel is a centrist Protestant originating from predominantly Protestant northern Germany, while the CDU is a male-dominated, socially conservative party with strongholds in western and southern Germany, and its Bavarian sister party, the CSU, has deep Catholic roots. The English pronunciation of her first name could be, The medal is presented to people who have made an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, or cultural or other significant public or private endeavors, Grüne/Bündnis 90 Spokesman Renate Künast: "I wouldn't have done it", said Green Party floor leader Renate Künast. Over the past year, views on China have hardened across the German political spectrum. ", Hugh C. Dyer, Leon Mangasarian, "German Democratic Republic", in, CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (, Nadine Schmidt and Judith Vonberg (2 July 2018). "[107] Seehofer estimated as many as 30 percent of asylum seekers arriving in Germany claiming to be from Syria are in fact from other countries,[108] and suggested reducing EU funding for member countries that rejected mandatory refugee quotas. ROB SCHMITZ, BYLINE: Hey, Mary Louise. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right party is choosing a new leader on the weekend Saturday Jan. 16 and Sunday Jan. 17, 2021, a decision that will help determine who succeeds Merkel … "Here we have the situation where six members, or even seven if you want to add the EU, stand against one. With Merkel due to leave office next year and a change of coalition likely, there is a growing sense that a more hawkish stance from Berlin has become inevitable. [78] However, she scored well on her handling of the recent euro crisis (69% rated her performance as good rather than poor), and her approval rating reached an all-time high of 77% in February 2012 and again in July 2014. ROB SCHMITZ, BYLINE: Hey, Mary Louise. Although she did not participate in the crowd celebrations the night the wall came down, one month later Merkel became involved in the growing democracy movement, joining the new party Democratic Awakening. 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