Merkel

Angela Merkel on the world before and after the Berlin Wall Blogging Sole

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Angela Merkel on the world before and after the Berlin Wall Blogging Sole

After growing up in the communist-controlled police state of East Germany, Angela Merkel served as German chancellor for 16 years, becoming the world’s most powerful woman while taking on the world’s most powerful men. She talks with correspondent Mark Philips about her new book, “Freedom: Memoirs 1954-2021”; his relationships with former US President Donald Trump … Read more

Extended interview: Angela Merkel – CBS News Blogging Sole

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Extended interview: Angela Merkel – CBS News Blogging Sole

In this web exclusive, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel, author of “Freedom: Memoirs 1954-2021,” speaks with correspondent Mark Phillips about her childhood in East Germany, where she received care packages from family members in West Germany who, she said, “smelled of the West”; be aware of surveillance by the secret police and avoid political indoctrination; … Read more