The Telegraph: After leaving the post of chancellor, Merkel left some positive moments 
The Telegraph has summed up the results of the reign of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. As the author of the material notes, after her departure from office, she left some positive moments both for her fellow party members from the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party and for her European colleagues in general.
So, the author of the material recalls how ten years ago, during the debt crisis that broke out in Greece, Merkel defended the solvency of German banks, while “throwing another member of the European Union under the bus”. Then she got Brussels to take painful measures for the states of Southern Europe in the form of structural reforms and austerity, which left “long-term economic and political scars on the face of the entire European Union.”
As a second mistake, Merkel called the Chancellor's refusal to use nuclear energy after the disaster at the Japanese nuclear power plant “Fukushima”, which, according to the observer, put Germany “in a raw material dependence on Russia.” article, was Merkel's initiative to open Germany's borders to refugees in 2015. The consequences of this move “are now felt in Eastern Europe,” the article notes.
According to the observer, Merkel ruled “as an extreme pragmatist, often in coalition with political opponents, as a result of which the CDU was in one of the worst positions. for many decades. ” Chancellor Angela Merkel. 200 people were invited to the ceremony – all 52 federal ministers during her reign and other associates. Throughout the day, the military band rehearsed Merkel's favorite musical compositions, which, according to tradition, she herself chose for the event.