Chancellor Angela Merkel's last dance
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Ongla Merkle's Biography
Ongla merkle has been the leader of germany for close to a generation. But when she first won the chancellorship 16 years ago, it marked an unlikely outcome. She was raised in te asi state where something like one out of four people were informing on the others. The daughter of a pastor in an atheist state. And these were all very useful skills as she made her way in German political life.
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