Germany's Merkel shines in virus crisis even as power wanes

Germany's Merkel shines in virus crisis even as power wanes https://ift.tt/3apx5P2 March 29, 2020 at 12:18PM Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/27ryfmF

In her first address to the nation on the coronavirus pandemic, German Chancellor Angela Merkel calmly appealed to citizens' reason and discipline to slow the spread of the virus, acknowledging as a woman who grew up in communist East Germany how difficult it is to give up freedoms, yet as a trained scientist emphasizing that the facts don't lie. For her, it was a regular shopping stop, but photos snapped by someone at the grocery store were shared worldwide as a reassuring sign of calm leadership amid a global crisis. Merkel has run Germany for more than 14 years and has over a decade's experience of managing crises.

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