at home and on the world stage. many germans say they will miss the stoic, pragmatic politician nicknamed mummy . merkel is going to be strongly missed, i think so. i will miss merkel very much. because? because i am a fan of her. i think it will be very hard for every candidate who comes next, or the next chancellor to fulfil - this role, because there will always be this comparison to merkel. and at eu hq in brussels, there will also be a big merkel sized hole. 0n the global landscape, i mean, it really matters and i think merkel was a very well respected leader, so everybody is looking at who is going to follow in her footsteps. of course, there is the potential for germany to take a dramatic new direction after 16 years of angela merkel, and that would be felt here and abroad. this is the eu s most influential country. but in the end, most germans
i think it will be very hard for every candidate who comes next, or the next chancellor to fulfil - this role, because there will always be this comparison to merkel. and at eu hq in brussels, there will also be a big merkel sized hole. 0n the global landscape, i mean, it really matters and i think merkel was a very well respected leader, so everybody is looking at who is going to follow in her footsteps. of course, there is the potential for germany to take a dramatic new direction after 16 years of angela merkel, and that would be felt here and abroad. this is the eu s most influential country. but in the end, most germans are stability hungry, and so the calls for radical change, while loud, are limited. what we re probably looking at here is change but with a small c. this is the frontrunner to replace angela merkel,
for every candidate who comes next, or the next chancellor to fulfil this role, - because there will always be this comparison to merkel. and at eu hq in brussels, there will also be a big merkel sized hole. 0n the global landscape, i mean, it really matters and i think merkel was a very well respected leader, so everybody is looking at who is going to follow in her footsteps. of course, there is the potential for germany to take a dramatic new direction after 16 years of angela merkel, and that would be felt here and abroad. this is the eu s most influential country. but in the end, most germans are stability hungry, and so the calls for radical change, while loud, are limited. what we re probably looking at here is change but with a small c. this is the frontrunner to replace angela merkel, a centrist social democrat, currently germany s finance minister, seen as a safe pair of hands.
many germans say they ll miss the stoic, pragmatic politician nicknamed mummy. merkel is going to be strongly missed, i think so. i will miss merkel very much. because? because i am fond of her, yes. i think it will be very hard . for any candidate who comes next or the next chancellor. like, to fulfil this role - because there will always be those comparisons to merkel. and at eu hq in brussels, there ll also be a big merkel sized hole. 0n the global landscape, i mean it really matters and you know i think merkel was a very, very well respected leader so everybody is looking at who is going to follow in her footsteps. of course, there s the potential for germany to take a dramatic new direction after 16 years of angular angela merkel and that would be felt here and abroad. this is the eu s most influential country. but in the end, most germans are stability hungry and so the calls for radical
because? because i am fond of her, yes. i think it will be very hard . for any candidate who comes next or the next chancellor. like, to fulfil this role - because there will always be those comparisons to merkel. and at eu hq in brussels, there ll also be a big merkel sized hole. 0n the global landscape, i mean it really matters and you know i think merkel was a very, very well respected leader so everybody is looking at who is going to follow in her footsteps. of course, there s the potential for germany to take a dramatic new direction after 16 years of angular angela merkel and that would be felt here and abroad. this is the eu s most influential country.