Angela Merkel, the German chancellor and leader of the CDU, is marking her 60th birthday at the peak of her political career. The chancellor has unprecedented popularity. He CDU/CSU bloc got 41.5% of votes at the previous parliamentary polls, the best achievement in the past 20 years.Recent polls of ARD say that 71% of the German population approve Angela Merkel’s policy. Forbes considers her the most influential woman in the world in 2014. Merkel is given such high rating by Forbes for the fourth time.
Angela Merkel, the German chancellor and leader of the CDU, is marking her 60th birthday at the peak of her political career. The chancellor has unprecedented popularity. He CDU/CSU bloc got 41.5% of votes at the previous parliamentary polls, the best achievement in the past 20 years.
Recent polls of ARD say that 71% of the German population approve Angela Merkel’s policy. Forbes considers her the most influential woman in the world in 2014. It is the fourth time Forbes has given Merkel such a high rating.