Angela Merkel makes improbable comeback as Germany’s ‘crisis leader’

Angela Merkel has been so successful in outfoxing and systematically eliminating any would-be challengers to her rule that there are not any obvious political heavyweights left in her conservative party with the clout or stature to step in to succeed her when she retires next year. No heir apparent. No one in the wings. Germany has come through the coronavirus crisis in relatively good shape so far and much of the economy has reopened as the numbers of daily new infections and deaths have…

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