Ursula Weidenfeld, freelance jounalist: "Who is Angela Merkel? In a crisis, she's the best. But when it comes to longer-term policy, she's left much work undone."

 

 

Andreas Rinke, Reuters: "Merkel personifies a win-win approach to international diplomacy. She's the queen of the small steps."

 

 

 

Ralph Bollmann, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung: "She set out as a chancellor of change and became a conservative chancellor."