Germany: for Marion Van Renterghem, "Angela Merkel was not intoxicated by power"

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“It was Merkel”, by Marion Van Renterghem © Les Arènes

By: Sylvie Noël Follow

10 mins

It is a page which is turning in Germany.

This Sunday, September 26, the Germans will elect their new Parliament.

Small revolution, this election will mark the departure of Angela Merkel, in power for 16 years.

The Chancellor has chosen to leave her post while she still enjoys a popularity rating to make her European partners pale.

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Marion Van Renterghem paints an endearing and lucid portrait of the Chancellor in

It was Merkel,

 published by Les Arènes.

A great reporter, she signs here her second work devoted to the German Chancellor, and tells the childhood and the political construction of a leader who would like history books to remember her in 50 years that she "

has not.

spared no effort

 ”.

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