Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Germany's Lonely Chancellor
Angela Merkel's partners in Europe are angry, her opposition at home is
more aggressive than ever, and she even faces increasingly vocal
criticism from within her own ranks. This is the toughest period of her
chancellorship so far, and there is no prospect that things will get any
easier for her.

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