OPINION

After Merkel, who will fill her 'sensible shoes'?

Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 25/09/2021

» Last January Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) were ahead in the German opinion polls by 15 points. She was stepping down after 16 years as chancellor (prime minister), but she was still by far the most trusted politician in Germany. Indeed, she is universally known as "Mutti" ("Mummy").