She started to politician how Minister for Women and Youth in 1991 and Minister for the

Environment and Nuclear Safety in 1994 but her political career took off In 1998 Angela Merkel
was appointed Secretary General of the CDU (Christian Democratic Union of Germany)
. She was the first woman to occupy this important political post.

Following the 2005 federal election, Merkel was appointed Chancellor of Germany.  Merkel is the
first woman to be elected chancellor,[15] and the first chancellor since the fall of the Berlin
Wall to have been raised in the former East Germany

Angela Merkel’s handling of the 2008-2013 economic crisis was clearly

remarkable. By imposing a strong policy of austerity and discipline on Europe,
she managed to keep the German economy out of the crisis.
Having chaired the G8 and being President of the European Council, she was
the second woman to hold both positions. She was preceded in this by the
former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Margaret Thatcher.

Her influence in the European Union and in the decisions that have been taken
has been so notorious that she is considered the leader of that entity.
Angela Merkel was named the most powerful woman in the world for the
seventh time by Forbes magazine, in May 2015.

Four years later, in the 2017 federal election, her party again obtained a relative
majority, and after re-editing the CDU’s coalition with the SPD a second
time, she was re-elected for another four-year term.

Her government has focused on maintaining German productivity and

continuing its economic and political strengthening on the European continent.

As chancellor, Merkel has been in favor of the common establishment of a

permanent European army.

In domestic matters, she carried out a reform of the health system in Germany.

Among her main objectives has been the energy development of her country,

defending the use of nuclear energy, and promoting programs for the creation
of alternative energy sources.

Opening the doors

Mrs Merkel faced her biggest challenge as chancellor when migrants and refugees
began heading in large numbers for Europe's most successful economy.

As late as July 2015, the chancellor was seen by some as insensitive when she
tried to comfort a girl who had been waiting for years for residence in Germany.

Alemania asume presidencia de la

UE y advierte a Reino Unido
La presidencia rotatoria de la Unión Europea quedó a partir de este miércoles
(01.07.2020)