Angela Merkel in Power
Journal: Oxford University Press eBooks
Year: 2022

Abstract Angela Merkel’s sixteen-year chancellorship was a period characterized by great continuity and stability. Merkel governed with caution and risk aversion. She worked through the long chain of international crises methodically and persistently. Germany was thus saved from major shocks—from the international banking crisis and the ensuing sovereign debt crisis, the migration crisis, Russia’s occupation of Crimea and threat of war, and a wave of populism and nationalism led by US President