This Profile Of Angela Merkel Reveals Some Amazing Facts About The World's Most Powerful Woman

The New Yorker has an amazing extended profile of German Chancellor Angela Merkel in its December issue, and we've identified some of the gems.  In office, Merkel has gone from being viewed as too pro-market for German voters to the ultimate pragmatist and deal-maker. The story charts her journey to become the most dominant political leader in modern Europe, along with her childhood in East Germany.  Here are the best bits: Merkel seems nice but is in fact brutally ambitious: In 1999, when Mer...