Ангела Меркель. Хозяйка Европы

Angela Merkel — pervaia jenshina, zaniavshaia post federalnogo kanclera FRG, i odna iz samieh viedaushihsia figur v mirovoi politike. Shestnadcat let na vershine vlasti — s 2005 po 2021 god — sdelali ee samiem dolgopraviashim liderom sovremennoi Germanii, prevzoidia rekord Gelmuta Kolia. Nemcie nazievali ee "mamochkoi" — za sderjannuu zabotu o strane i umenie prinimat neprostiee resheniia. Laureat zvaniia "Chelovek goda" po versii Time (2015), mnogokratno priznannaia odnoi iz samieh vliiatelnieh jenshin mira i — po mneniu mnogih — fakticheskii lider Evropeiskogo souza,Merkel v svoih memuarah vedet chitatelia ot unosti v GDR, s ee komsomolskim duhom i "sovetskoi" realnostu, do politicheskogo Olimpa obedinennoi Evropie. Ona otkrievaet zakulise mirovoi diplomatii i pokazievaet, kak v tihih lichnieh besedah mejdu liderami poroi reshautsia sudbie kontinentov.

Angela Merkel is the first woman to hold the post of Federal Chancellor of Germany and one of the most prominent figures in world politics. Sixteen years at the top of power — from 2005 to 2021 — made her the longest-reigning leader of modern Germany, surpassing Helmut Kohl's record. The Germans called her "mommy" for her restrained concern for the country and her ability to make difficult decisions. Awarded the title of "Person of the Year" by Time (2015), repeatedly recognized as one of the most influential women in the world and — in the opinion of many — the de facto leader of the European Union, Merkel in her memoirs leads the reader from her youth in the GDR, with its Komsomol spirit and "Soviet" reality, to the political Olympus of a united Europe. She opens up the backstage of world diplomacy and shows how the destinies of continents are sometimes decided in quiet personal conversations between leaders.