Reuters, 09/12 15:40 CET
By Megan Cassella
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Time
magazine named German Chancellor Angela Merkel its 2015 “Person of the
Year” on Wednesday, noting her resilience and leadership when faced with
the refugee crisis and turmoil in the European Union over its currency
this year.
In a statement explaining the magazine’s choice, managing
editor Nancy Gibbs said despite crises in the region that caused
“reason to wonder whether Europe could continue to exist,” Merkel, 61,
emerged as an “indispensable player.”
“For asking more of her country than most politicians
would dare, for standing firm against tyranny as well as expedience and
for providing steadfast moral leadership in a world where it is in short
supply, Angela Merkel is TIME’s Person of the Year,” Gibbs wrote.
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Source: Euronews
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