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Merkelian
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English
Etymology
From en Merkel ian.
Adjective
en politics Of or pertaining to Angela Merkel (born 1954), German politician and chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021.
en 2008-02-12 J.C. German politics is in revolt against the “Merkel method” w:The Economist https://www.economist.com/kaffeeklatsch/2018/02/12/german-politics-is-in-revolt-against-the-merkel-method Tensions have built up over the long years of Merkelian Machtpolitik and are emerging into the open, particularly in light of a mediocre vote-share at the election, yet another workaday coalition deal, the concession of the powerful finance ministry to the SPD, the allocation of the CDU’s few big cabinet jobs to inoffensively loyal Merkelites and the lack of hints at a succession plan at the top. https://web.archive.org/web/20230727123201/https://www.economist.com/kaffeeklatsch/2018/02/12/german-politics-is-in-revolt-against-the-merkel-method 27 July 2023
Related terms
en Merkelism
Translations
French: fr merkélien
German: de Merkelsch
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