Angela Merkel has been a most astonishing and successful political survivor in Germany since its re-unification. Exit polls in Germany’s election put Angela Merkel and her party on course for their fourth term in office. The leader Germany needsFrom an economic point of view, Germans were convinced that, under Merkel’s leadership, the prosperity of Germany is on the line. A million refugeesUnder Merkel’s leadership, Germany has absorbed over one million refugees into the country at the height of Europe’s refugee crisis in 2015. Angela Merkel has, in effect, moved her formerly conservative Christian Democratic Union party closer to the centre.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 26, 2017 20:15 UTC