"We can do this"

Merkel turns 70: what she really regrets politically

The "eternal chancellor" Angela Merkel is celebrating her milestone birthday. The once most powerful woman in the world has actually retired! How did she manage the exit? How is she spending her retirement in the provinces? And what consequences do her policies still have today?

She is missing. In every nook and cranny, if you think about the situation in Germany and Europe. And what better thing can you say about a former head of government? But what does "former head of government" mean here? She was "the Chancellor" - and will probably remain so forever. Just like "the Queen". She only existed once.

"We can do it" - Angela Merkel went down in the history books with this sentence in the heated midsummer of 2015. In view of the ongoing mass migration into the EU, the associated problems and the ongoing departure from traditional political elites, this statement must be put into perspective.