Merkel

/ ˈmɜːkəl /

noun

Angela. born 1954, German politician; chair of the Christian Democratic Union from 2000; chancellor of Germany from 2005 (the first woman to hold the office)

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On the last day of August the Chancellor Angela Merkel declared 'wir schaffen das' - we can do it - interpreted by many as extending open arms to the asylum seekers.

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That optimistic proclamation soon became a political liability for Mrs Merkel.

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By March 2016 - six months after Mrs Merkel's statement - the EU had reached agreement with Turkey to keep migrants from crossing into Greece and Bulgaria.

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"Yesterday, a coward decided to take our eight-year-old son Fletcher away from us," his father, Jesse Merkel, said in a news conference on Thursday, adding: "Please remember Fletcher for the person he was and not the act that ended his life."

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In an emotional statement to reporters, Mr Merkel said that because of the attack that killed Fletcher, "we will never be allowed to hold him, talk to him, play with him, and watch him grow into the wonderful young man he was on the path to becoming."

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