Angela Merkel ‧ The Fateful Years of a Chancellor
Season 1 • Episode 4: Episode 4: World out of joint • Watch with subtitles
Episode 4: Episode 4: World out of joint
July 8, 2024 • 33 min
Crisis year 2015: Euro crisis, war in eastern Ukraine, refugee question in Europe. Troubled times. Angela Merkel makes a decision that continues to polarize today: she allows refugees to enter Germany from Hungary without registering or checking their asylum claim. And she tells the Germans, “We can do it!” The Chancellor is taking a stand. It divides the country and ultimately leads to the AfD becoming stronger. Angela Merkel, the most powerful woman in Germany, is becoming an enemy. Why did she act the way she did during the crisis?
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