The Economist has dubbed Merkel’s farewell “The Long Goodbye” while some of her colleagues are urging her to leave earlier. The black hole of Brexit remains open and the EU itself is struggling with an identity crisis. If the U.K. eventually does decide to leave the EU, Scotland is poised to leave the U.K. Elected in 2005, Merkel managed the financial crisis fallout while consistently espousing international liberal values and a strong Europe. As commencement speaker at Harvard last week, Merkel had the 7,000 graduates cheering.

Source: thestar June 02, 2019 10:03 UTC