What does the re-election
of Angela Dorothea Merkel in Germany have to tell us?
- German unemployment is
near a two-decade low
- Germany’s budget
deficit has vanished
- Germany’s economy is
the largest and most powerful in the EU. (Without Germany, the Euro would have already
collapsed).
- Dr. Merkel is
considered to be the second most powerful person in Europe and is de facto leader of the EU.
- Merkel insists on getting
control of government spending (austerity) in exchange for aid to Greece et al.
- Merkel insists that government stay out of private matters
So what has motivated
Frau Dr Merkel ?
- She has a Ph.D. in
Quantum Chemistry (not law!)
- Her rise to power
involves working accomplishments and leadership in a diversity of REAL issues
(e.g. energy, labor, environment, ect).
And most of all:
- She spent 45 years living under communist
governments!