On December 9th, TIME Magazine named
Explaining why they thought her fit for the recognition, Time editor Nancy Gibbs in a statement issued on Wednesday said that the worth of leaders are tested only when people don’t want to follow.
“For asking more of her country than most politicians would dare, for standing firm against tyranny as well as expedience and for providing steadfast moral leadership in a world where it is in short supply,
While we wholeheartedly agree and think that there could not be anyone else who deserved being the
1. When she showed the world that refugees needed to be welcomed: 2015 was the year when the refugee crisis reached its pinnacle and while Europe refused to open its arms or heart to refugees who fled their war-ravaged home, Germany, led by Angela Merkel did. Even though she was criticized for her actions by the people she was governing and her party leaders, she still stuck to her ground and her belief that welcoming refugees is the right thing to do.
2. When she introduced parent benefit to support couples with children: Merkel’s government in 2007 introduced ‘Elterngeld’ or what can be called as parent benefit in a bid to support couples with children. It was
3. When minimum wage was introduced under her watch: It is Merkel’s credit that a minimum wage has been introduced under her watch after years of campaigning in an effort to lessen social injustice.The €8.50-an-hour (£7-an-hour) rate was introduced on 1 January 2015 and is reportedly going to help tackle growing social divisions and deal with increasing wage inequality.
4. When she refused to be cowed down by
5. When she made a mark for herself as a woman leader in a male-dominated party: Merkel is Germany’s first female political leader and has made a mark for herself in the largely male-dominated Catholic Christian Democratic Union and has not only changed the party but also the German society.
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