She broke the mold with this election. I love it. She decided to take the front of a classroom to teach the children. There is no better way to state she believes in the education and future of the children of Germany.
Put away all the antics of the political spectrum and bring profound ethics and commitment to reach the people. I think she is great.
13 August 2013
Pupils in Germany (click here) got a lesson from a very important person this week.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel - who's as important as the
UK's prime minister - turned up at a high school in Berlin to give a
history class. She wanted to teach the students about the building of the Berlin Wall 52 years ago in 1961.
Germany used to be two countries. It was divided after the second world war into East and West Germany.
Part of the city of Berlin belonged to the east and the other to the west.
Life in East Germany was very
different to West Germany. The type of government was different. People
in the East didn't have as much freedom and had to live under strict
rules.
She put together a personal brochure to the voters allowing them to see her in her life. She is genuine, committed, in love with her country and the life it provides to her. She threw away the facade to prove to her country she is real. She is sincere. She is unafraid of her past, present and the desire she has for the future of her country. It is beautiful. It is very spiritual. It puts directly in the lives of her constituents.
I don't find this at all desperate, but, inspired. I hope it works for her. How can a leader of the free world maintain a distance from the people and still remain genuine? "She is Us." I hope it starts a discussion that brings her into the lives of the German people.
12 August 2013
By Jeevan Vasagar, Berlin
Mrs Merkel (click here) will return from a holiday spent hiking in the Italian Alps to deliver her first campaign speech in the city of Seligenstadt on August 14, one of seven rallies this week. The latest poll, published in the Bild am Sonntag, has the CDU on 41pc and the opposition Social Democrats on 25pc.
She put together a personal brochure to the voters allowing them to see her in her life. She is genuine, committed, in love with her country and the life it provides to her. She threw away the facade to prove to her country she is real. She is sincere. She is unafraid of her past, present and the desire she has for the future of her country. It is beautiful. It is very spiritual. It puts directly in the lives of her constituents.
I don't find this at all desperate, but, inspired. I hope it works for her. How can a leader of the free world maintain a distance from the people and still remain genuine? "She is Us." I hope it starts a discussion that brings her into the lives of the German people.
12 August 2013 By Jeevan Vasagar, Berlin
Mrs Merkel (click here) will return from a holiday spent hiking in the Italian Alps to deliver her first campaign speech in the city of Seligenstadt on August 14, one of seven rallies this week. The latest poll, published in the Bild am Sonntag, has the CDU on 41pc and the opposition Social Democrats on 25pc.
