SHE'S GOT THE WHOLE EURO IN HER HANDS

摘要

Angela Merkel has no children of her own, but in the inner circles of her political party she is called Mutti-"Mom." The 55-year-old German chancellor has managed to stay in power since 2005 by governing quietly, cautiously, and pragmatically from the center right of a country that prizes smooth cooperation among big business, big labor, and big government. Although supersniart-she earned a doctorate in physics as a young woman in Communist East Germany-Merkel likes to pose as an ordinary citizen, comparing her economic policies to those of a provincial housewife who simply wants to balance the family budget. She and Germany are well suited to each other.