Angela Merkel: The triumph of Europe’s Iron Lady

Daniel Johnson – Telegraph – Thursday, 3 November 2011 (originally published 28 Oct)  She’s been patronised and ridiculed – but Angela Merkel’s quiet diplomacy has won the euro a reprieve. Helmut Kohl once patronised her as “mein M?dchen” (“my girl”); Nicolas Sarkozy sneers at her privately as “la Boche” (the French equivalent of “Jerry” or “Kraut”); [More]

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