Views of Angela Merkel’s 16 years in power have become harsher
The war in Ukraine makes plainer the former German chancellor’s errors
Asked whether Barack Obama is content with his legacy, Angela Merkel, the former German chancellor, replied in a series of interviews published last week with Der Spiegel, a German weekly, that she believes the former American president is at peace with himself, whereas she is still searching. To endure criticism is part of democracy, said Mrs Merkel, but she added that she reckoned that a retired American president is treated with more respect in public than a retired German chancellor.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Angela Merkel’s faded glory”
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