How Germany's Political scenario became boring after Angela Merkel.
GERMAN ELECTIONS 2017 – HOW ANGELA MERKEL WON HER FOURTH TERM AS THE GERMAN CHANCELLOR Much of the Angela Merkel government’s re-election strategy rests in Merkel's political appeal as a leader who will stand up to the rough men of the world in difficult times: Donald Trump in the United States, Vladimir Putin in Russia and Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey. Merkel’s mellow campaign strategy: Avoid confrontation ‘Germans want to be left in peace,’ says one conservative official. ‘They don’t want to debate things.’ To understand Angela Merkel’s campaign strategy, look no further than the posters her party splashed all over Germany. “Enjoy the summer now, and make the right choice in the fall,” one of them tells voters, depicting a dreamy young woman in a meadow. After the conservative chancellor’s third term was getting close to an end her main goal was to ensure the final stretch of the campaign up to the September 24 election remained low-key. Or, as one o...