by Dagmar Engel, Deutsche Welle, Germany – Bold, combative, emotional – these are not the kinds of characteristics that immediately come to mind when describing the person Forbes magazine named the “most powerful woman in the world.” And while delivering her statement on the terrorist attacks in Paris, it’s not as if Angela Merkel raised her voice, shook her fist, or had tears in her eyes. So what’s behind all the comments circulating in Germany at the moment about the chancellor reinventing herself?
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