The Fateful Chancellor: What the end of the Merkel era means for the world

The Fateful Chancellor: What the end of the Merkel era means for the world

Big cover essay on the «pre-eminent European leader of the post-1989 era», by The New Statesman’s international editor. And even though he describes Merkel as «fiendishly hard to define», he does an outstanding job doing just that.


From Weekly Filet #362, in September 2021.

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