Time magazine has chosen Merkel saying her leadership has helped preserve and promote an open, borderless Europe in the face of economic turmoil and an ongoing refugee crisis.
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The magazine also praised Merkel’s response to the Paris terror attacks, her decision to deploy German troops in the fight against Islamic State, and her leadership during what Time called Vladimir Putin’s “creeping theft of Ukraine”.
Angela Merkel has been named “Person of the Year” by Time Magazine, recognising her role in dealing with the European migration crisis and Greek debt.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a selfie at a Caxton Street pub.
Nancy Gibbs, Time Managing Editor announced the victor on the “Today Show” on NBC.
The publication gave German Chancellor Angela Merkel the official title this week, making her the fourth woman to earn the distinction. She is serving as the Chancellor of Germany since 2005.
Raised in East Germany, she’s gone from child of the Cold War to champion of the European Union.
News website Spiegel Online said Merkel, now in her 15th year as party chief and 10th as chancellor, “who so long was untouchable, will have a tough time of it”. In addition, Rice added that “the President values her as a good friend and one of his closest and most trusted global partners”. Leaders are tested only when people don’t want to follow.
Just a year ago, Merkel basked in her unchallenged power at a CDU congress in Cologne, winning re-election as its chief with a whopping 97 percent in what she called an “overwhelming vote of confidence”. “Once again you have the question of the future of Europe at play, and her at the helm”.
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The other nominees were Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, ISIS extremist group leader, Hassan Rouhani, Iranian president, America Black Lives Matter activists and Donald Trump, Republican presidential candidate, whose rhetorics is everything else but ordinary and boring.
