Angela Merkel is riding high. As she returns from holiday to hit the campaign trail for the German elections, she is not only her country’s most popular leader for a generation, but arguably the most respected politician in the world. How has this unflashy East German scientist — who disdains glitz and glamour to the point that when she wears a new dress in public, it draws comment — succeeded in scaling the heights of international politics?
Merkel: Role model for women the world over
There is a mystery about Merkel: She succeeds by being a woman seemingly without mystery.
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