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Some might argue that she indeed shaped the future of this world by accelerating the demise of Europe as a modern and heavyweight force in the world.

• toyg 9y ago
  Wut? The EU in the Merkel years went through some complex growth crisis; she helped resolving them in ways that undeniably benefited Germany and, in some cases, helped the bloc as well. Some of her choices (Schaußle...) weren’t great, but she hardly killed the EU project single-handedly - the project is actually very much alive, with commissioners increasingly flexing their muscles towards the world at large. If anything, she’s managed to keep some contradictory stances together for longer than many expected.
  • Jdam 9y ago
    > she helped resolving them in ways that undeniably benefited Germany A lot of smart people actually deny that.
    • aluhut 9y ago
      Which ones? In other news: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/germany-books-record-surplus-economy-growing-53298104 http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/germany-books-...
• craigsmansion 9y ago
  > modern I don't know: digital rights, digital privacy, climate change? Those all sounds fairly modern to me. > heavyweight What other large political institution in the world says "Nope, not with our citizens" to big data, and actually sees it through? > the demise of Europe has been greatly exaggerated.
  • Jdam 9y ago
    You’re aware of automatic face recognition in Berlin‘s public places, the Diesel scandal, flight passenger data agreements and so on, aren’t you? For your data point, I can assure you that eu govs are just lagging behind, they failed to keep pace. They will get there, trust me.