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Germans Respond to Merkel's 'Motherly' Side
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German chancellor Angela Merkel took a lot of criticism during the height of the euro crisis in 2010-2012, but maintained her composure, sense of direction, and flexibility to a changing environment. She emerges from the leadership test more confident than ever during the 2013 elections for chancellor. Relations with Greece under president Samaras are also being mended after the riots in Athens during 2011-2012. She has also shown flexibility coupled with firmness in the setting of deficit targets for eurozone countries, and the courage to address issues of equity and fairness by calling for setting minimum wages industry by industry. On social and womens issues members of her cabinet have pushed for fairness. She will be remembered for her leadership, ability to learn from mistakes as time progressed during the eurozone crisis and taking firm action when needed, as the eurozone recovers from its financial crisis.
The modesty and credibility of VW Golf driving German chancellor Angela Merkel
08/23/2013
Angela Merkel drives a VW Golf for supermarket shopping from her apartment in central Berlin. Voters sense this as fairly normal behaviour of the chancellor. Voters dislike the fact that her SDP rival Steinbruck took 1.3 million euros in speaker fees in 2012. By contrast there is a sense of authenticity for the chancellor. Merkel supports setting minimum wages by industry, and is taking away many social and economic fairness issues away from the SDP. Her personal popularity is above 60% in polls taken in 2013. Even at a time when the Christian Democrats and partners Free Democrats have lost state elections, the personal popularity of the chancellor remains high. The hard work in defending the euro currency and German position favoring financial discipline coupled with flexibility in setting deficit targets, shows a chancellor with proven results as the European economies gradually recover from recession.
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Former finance minister in a Merkel led coalition, Peer Steinbruck, will challenge Angela Merkel in 2013. His goal is not to make a good showing which leads to a coalition with the Christian Democrats, but to win the election outright. He is well known in Germany for his handling of the 2008-2009 financial crisis. Germans remember the image of Steinbruck and Merkel together the day Lehman Brothers collapsed, when Steinbruck assured depositors that their savings would be safe. He is trusted by Germans and may even win some of Merkel's right wing supporters who have lost faith in Merkel. Steinbruck is direct and speaks his mind, saying sometimes he thinks he too is "too-big-to-fail," in an allusion to banks, and would need a capital infusion. Merkel's personal popularity is high in Germany but the popularity of the Christian Democrats is declining and it has lost elections in key states recently. The SPD partner, the Greens are also more popular than the CDU partner, the Free Democrats.
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In dealing with bankers on bondholder losses for loans to Greece, with Greece's prime minister Papandreou over a proposed referendum on debt reduction, and with French president Sarkozy on bondholder losses to reduce Greek debt, at every turn Angela Merkel showed a clear decisiveness during the eurozone crisis in 2011-2012. After a no confidence vote for premier Berlusconi in Italy's parliament Merkel persuaded president Napolitano to win consensus for the formation of a new government headed by Mario Monti, EU commissioner. After earlier fumbling with the crisis in actions by Merkel in 2010, the German chancellor learned from errors and improved her handling of the eurozone crisis in 2011-2013.
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The German envoy visits Athens and talks to ordinary Greeks to mend strained relations. He describes his youthful days driving around Greece in a VW.
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