During the last 39 Years Germany has had only three Different Heads of Government. (the fourth will start in office this week)

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  6. Ah yes, Helmut Kohl that secured his post-unity chancellorship by promising, and I quote “blue skies and blooming landscapes”.

    His social democrat opponent was FAR more realistic in his assessment that it will take many, MANY decades for the East to get to where the West was, and the amount of sabotage by West German companies to keep the East from developing and become a bedrock for unwanted competition.

    The SocDem opponent was right in everything, of course. It’s just not what people wanted to hear. They wanted the lofty promises, that the reunification will be no issue whatsoever and basically all fix itself.

  8. Merkel by far the most competent and with the smallest ego of the 3.

    She will also by miles be the best ex-chancellor of that group.

  9. During the last 4 years Italy has had only three different heads of government (no one knows when the fourth will start in office, probably sooner than you think)

  10. During the same period, France has had 5 presidents, the UK has had 7 PMs and Italy has had 20 PMs.

  14. Insane to think that one of them is the head of a fking Russian state owned oil company. What’s even more insane is that so few people know about this and it’s not talked about.

  16. A little bit too much stability. Two terms are ok, but both Merkel and Kohl have proven that the system gets lethargic and uninspired after that.

  20. I never voted for her, and disagree on most of her political positions.

    But she was smart, not corrupt (at least I hope so), and not an egomaniac, which, as sad as it is, are rare qualifications in a politician.

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