German elections 2013

‘One woman to rule them all’

Published on 13 September 2013 at 09:09

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Despite previous criticism of the German Chancellor’s “needlessly austere” treatment of Eurozone countries and her reticence to commit the EU to full banking union, Angela Merkel is “the right person to lead her country and thus Europe,” proclaims the weekly.

Judging her to be “the world’s most politically gifted democrat”, the newspaper writes that she has much work to do to bring economic reform to Germany, but believes her real destiny lies in “reshaping the EU”. It continues –

Her instincts are promising: she wants to build a stronger financial union, to push more liberal policies, to complete the single market, to cut welfare and to trim regulation. She wants to keep Britain in the club, though not at any price. Assuming she wins the chancellorship, she will be Europe’s dominant politician. Our bet is that she will want to be remembered as a decider not a ditherer.

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