Angela Merkel saw Germans through crisis after crisis. Now they wonder who'll fill the void | Analysis by fpleitgenCNN
Angela Merkel has been written off many times in her career -- by the politician's rivals, her own party members and, yes, the press.
It's difficult to imagine today, as Germany's widely respected Chancellor prepares to step down after more than 15 years in the top job, but in the early stages of her career Merkel was regularly belittled and looked down on -- even by those who were supposedly on her side. The protégé of then-Chancellor Helmut Kohl, Merkel was known by him as"mein Maedel" --"my girl.
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