Angela Merkel is no longer Federal Chancellor. Memories of crises that she had to master – and an iconic image of a bird invasion remain from her era.
Berlin / Walsrode – “Take possession of this house and work with it for the good of our country,” said Angela Merkel (CDU) when handing over office to her successor Olaf Scholz (SPD).
For the adoption in parliament – the executive Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) sat in the official gallery because she is no longer an elected MP – there was standing applause from all the parliamentary groups. Only the AfD remained demonstratively in their chairs.
Angela Merkel – that will remain after her term of office as Federal Chancellor
It is hardly possible to classify the Merkel era historically. If you measure her 16 years by the crises she had to deal with, then the European financial crisis around Greece and the current Corona crisis are sure to stand out.
If you reduce Merkel’s term of office to one sentence, it should be her legendary sentence “We can do it”, when she did not close the borders in view of the influx of refugees from the Middle East and afterwards many wounds of a pluralistic society came to light.
Angela Merkel – this picture will remain after her term of office
Angela Merkel with her cell phone, Angela Merkel with the diamond – many pictures of the now former Chancellor will stay in your head. At most of them she looks seriously, now and then a smile can be seen, but some pictures stand out. These are the pictures from the bird park in Walsrode, which were taken in the middle of this year during the federal election campaign.
Angela Merkel was feeding birds – a particularly cheeky specimen perched on Merkel’s head. Another bird even bit the Chancellor.
While Merkel had to cross many personal boundaries in her time as Chancellor – here she drew a clear line: She did not want to poke an approximately 60 centimeter large eagle owl. (kat)
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