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Դեկտեմբեր 9 02:09 2021

Այսօր՝ դեկտեմբերի 8-ին, Անգելա Մերկելը շնորհավորել է Օլաֆ Շոլցին Գերմանիայի Դաշնային Հանրապետության կառավարության ղեկավարի պաշտոնում ընտրվելու կապակցությամբ՝ այսպիսով ավարտելով իր 16-ամյա իշխանությունը:

«Սրտանց շնորհավորում եմ, հարգելի պարոն կանցլեր, սիրելի Օլաֆ Շոլց: Վերցրեք այս գերատեսչությունը ձեր ձեռքն ու աշխատեք՝ ի բարօրություն մեր երկրի: Սա է իմ ցանկությունը»,- ասել է Մերկելը:

Աշխարհի ամենաազդեցիկ կանանցից մեկի՝ Գերմանիայի կանցլերի պաշտոնում ծառայության ժամկետի ավարտի կապակցությամբ Daily Mail-ը հրապարկել է Մերկելի երկարամյա պաշտոնավարման ընթացքում արված ամենաուշագրավ կադրերից մի քանիսը.

Leader of Europe: Angela Merkel leans on the table with both hands as she and her EU allies confront Donald Trump, who sits with his arms folded in defiance, at the G7 summit in La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada, June 9, 2018. In Trump, Merkel would find an insurmountable opponent and the damage done to relations between Berlin and Washington is still being repaired today. The TV showman was elected on an isolationist mandate, he continually attacked Germany for its meagre military spending and claimed that Berlin was beholden to Moscow because of a proposed new gas pipeline. Their first encounter was brutally awkward, with Merkel offering a ceremonial handshake for the cameras which Trump seemed to spurn. She had tried a charm offensive and failed. After the photographers left, Trump reportedly announced: 'Angela, you owe me one trillion dollars.' The pressure continued as world leaders attended the G7 summit in 2018, with Merkel wishing to unite the free world against Vladimir Putin. 'What good is NATO if Germany is paying Russia billions of dollars for gas and energy? The U.S. is paying for Europe's protection, then loses billions on Trade. Must pay 2% of GDP IMMEDIATELY, not by 2025,' Trump tweeted. The president's tweets exposed a bitter truth for Germany and Europe: they have long relied upon the United States and had allowed their armies to dwindle.
Merkel is glamorous at the opera: Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (R) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) during the inauguration of the new opera building in Oslo, Norway, 12 April 2008. The photo was later used in campaign posters by the CDU, sparking outrage during the federal election campaign of 2009.'My closest ally': Barack Obama looks relaxed in Merkel's company as she hosts the American leader at Schloss Elmau hotel near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, during the G-7 summit, June 8, 2015. By the end of Obama's second term the pair were speaking on the phone once a week and she even appeared to tear up when Obama visited Berlin in late 2016. The pair held a press conference at which Obama called her his 'closest ally' in what was widely interpreted as the passing of the baton of liberal democracy to Germany after Donald Trump won the general election. Obama's final phone call as U.S. President was to Merkel, during which he thanked her for her 'strong, courageous, and steady leadership' and expressed 'appreciation for their personal friendship.'German Chancellor Angela Merkel feeds Australian lorikeets at Marlow Bird Park in Marlow, Germany, Thursday September 23, 2021. Outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel provided a rare splash of colour amid Germany's staid election campaign while visiting a bird park where she posed with half a dozen parrots. Not content with the bird feed on offer, one of the rainbow lorikeets took a peck at the long-time German leader's hand, prompting a theatrical scream from Merkel.Brexit beginnings: David Cameron and Merkel pull faces as they prepare to pose for the 'family photo' at an EU summit in Brussels in December 2015. Some say the chancellor was one of the instigators of Brexit after refusing to throw David Cameron a lifeline on immigration ahead of the referendum. There followed years of wrangling, with both parties failing to compromise and settle on the future relationship between Britain and its biggest trading partner.Prost! Merkel holds a beer mug after her speech at the Trudering fest on May 28, 2017 in Munich, GermanyMerkel pulls a face in a hand mirror during the reception of the members of the Homburger Carnival Club at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, 23 January 2017Le Grand Séducteur: The famously romantic French President Jacques Chirac looks enamoured as he plants a kiss on Merkel's hand at the chancellery in Berlin, May 3, 2007. At the time Merkel was perhaps underestimated as 'shy' by the French public compared to the 'charmer' Chirac.Mutti cool: Merkel wears safety goggles while watching an experiment in the DLR_School_Lab Koln during a visit of the European Astronauts Center (EAC) of the European Space Ageny (ESA) on May 18, 2016 in Cologne, GermanyMerkel enters a submarine of type 212A in Rostock-Warnemuende, Germany, 31 August 2006East meets West: Merkel purses her lips alongside Vladimir Putin as the pair meet for talks in Dresden, on October 10, 2006. Merkel, who grew up behind the Iron Curtain in Eastern Germany, perhaps knew much more than any of her predecessors about Russian culture. Although deeply strained, the relationship never snapped. As Germany’s Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper put it ahead of their final meeting in August: 'No other politicians on the global stage have been so good at getting on badly over such a long time as these two.'The royal wiedersehen: Queen Elizabeth II receives Merkel at Windsor Castle in Berkshire in July. Merkel went to Windsor Castle for a last official audience with the monarch after talks with Boris Johnson at Chequers. It was the second time they met within a few weeks, after they were seen together at the G7 summit in Cornwall in June. She and the Queen posed for the cameras this afternoon, with Her Majesty telling the German leader they were 'making history'Die Mannschaft: Merkel congratulates the Mesut Ozil  after Germany beat Turkey in a Euro 2012 qualifier at the Olympic Stadium in BerlinFighting talk: Merkel holds her fists up as she chats with a soldier in heavy bomb disposal armour during a visit to the troops in Letzlingen, eastern Germany in November 2006'We can do this': Merkel poses for a selfie with Anas Modamani, a refugee from Syria, after she visited the AWO Refugium Askanierring shelter for migrants and refugees on September 10, 2015 in Berlin, Germany. Her legacy bears the stain of the 2015 migrant crisis - during which she threw open Europe's doors to millions of refugees and asylum seekers while infamously declaring 'we can do this.' As people poured across the Mediterranean and Europe's eastern border - including future terror attackers - Merkel watched her approval rating plummet while far-right parties such as the AfD capitalised on anti-migrant sentiment to return to the corridors of power after a decades-long absence. Germany still lives in the shadow of that moment - with far-right terror groups and hate crimes on the rise - and must now find a way out without Merkel, who departs with no obvious successor to her legacy.Boys club: Merkel, who became a role model for women as the country's first female chancellor, sits with the most powerful men in the world at the G8 Summit in Heiligendamm, Germany, 07 June 2007. From left: French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Merkel, U.S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony BlairPeaceful embrace: Merkel hugs French President Emmanuel Macron as they visit Compiegne, north of Paris, in November 2018. The site is famous for where Germany signed the armistice in 1918 and Hitler forced France to accept defeat in 1940Merkel presenting a tap-proof mobile phone of Blackberry at a booth of Secusmart during the opening round tour of the world's largest computer expo CeBIT in Hanover, Germany, March, 2013Merkel sits between Putin and Bush as world leaders posed for a family photo in front of the Kurhaus building in Heiligendamm, northeastern Germany, during their first working session of the G8 summitMerkel smiles as she closes her eyes while holding a press conference in Berlin after conservatives and the Social Democrats sealed a deal on a new coalition in February 2018Raining on her parade: Merkel holds up her hands as it begins to rain during her speech at an election campaign event on Norderney island, Germany, 17 August 2009



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