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It’s the beginning of the end of an era for German Chancellor Angela Merkel

Kimberly Adams Oct 29, 2018
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German Chancellor and leader of the German Christian Democrats (CDU) Angela Merkel speaks at a press conference the day after elections in the state of Hesse on Oct.29, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. Sean Gallup/Getty Images

It’s the beginning of the end of an era for German Chancellor Angela Merkel

Kimberly Adams Oct 29, 2018
German Chancellor and leader of the German Christian Democrats (CDU) Angela Merkel speaks at a press conference the day after elections in the state of Hesse on Oct.29, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. Sean Gallup/Getty Images
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Angela Merkel is the longest-serving head of state in the European Union. She has steered Germany’s economy through some terrible financial times, and exerted a heavy influence on the direction of the EU as well.  

 

 

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