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Four times chancellor and the first woman in office: Angela Merkel is an exception in German history. At 16, she is the longest-serving head of government in the EU. Abroad, she stands for common sense and continuity, but her reign is also marked by low points: the European financial crisis, the war in Syria and Ukraine, the migration movement, the strengthening of the AfD, Brexit and, most recently, the COVID-19 pandemic. The report illuminates the time of her chancellorship.
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