Ангела Меркель. Хозяйка Европы

Angela Merkelʹ - pervai͡a zhenshchina, zani͡avshai͡a post federalʹnogo kant͡slera FRG, i odna iz samykh vydai͡ushchikhsi͡a figur v mirovoĭ politike. Shestnadt͡satʹ let na vershine vlasti - s 2005 po 2021 god - sdelali eë samym dolgopravi͡ashchim liderom sovremennoĭ Germanii, prevzoĭdi͡a rekord Gelʹmuta Koli͡a. Nemt͡sy nazyvali eë "mamochkoĭ" - za sderzhannui͡u zabotu o strane i umenie prinimatʹ neprostye reshenii͡a. Laureat zvanii͡a "Chelovek goda" po versii Time (2015), mnogokratno priznannai͡a odnoĭ iz samykh vlii͡atelʹnykh zhenshchin mira i - po mnenii͡u mnogikh - fakticheskiĭ lider Evropeĭskogo soi͡uza,Merkelʹ v svoikh memuarakh vedët chitateli͡a ot i͡unosti v GDR, s eë komsomolʹskim dukhom i "sovetskoĭ" realʹnostʹi͡u, do politicheskogo Olimpa obʺedinënnoĭ Evropy. Ona otkryvaet zakulisʹe mirovoĭ diplomatii i pokazyvaet, kak v tikhikh lichnykh besedakh mezhdu liderami poroĭ reshai͡utsi͡a sudʹby 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.