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    Merkel’s Diplomatic Legacy

    Aug 12, 2021 4 minutes
    By Hu Hong

    In October 2018, German Chancellor Angela Merkel already announced that she would not participate in the elections taking place this year in September and would step down at the end of her fourth term.

    As her 16-year-long leadership tackled the promotion of gender equality, the curbing of climate change, and several Donald Trump-induced tribulations, Germany’s forthcoming post-Merkel era raises much discussion among politicians and academics alike. What will be her legacy?

    Rising global role

    Germany has gradually grown into a major player in multilateralism and global governance during Merkel’s chancellorship.

    The culture of restraint, a preference for multilateral solutions, dialogue and a rejection of military force as the ultima ratio, or last resort, had strongly featured in Germany’s diplomacy

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