Angela Merkel

My selected Time Magazine Person of the Year is Angela Merkel. She was on the cover of Time in 2015. Angela Merkel is a German politician who is well-known as the first female chancellor of Germany. She was born in Hamburg, West Germany on July 17, 1954. Merkel was trained as a physicist and she entered politics when the Berlin wall was demolished in 1989. In politics, Merkel became the chairwoman Christian Democratic Union Party, becoming Germany’s first female chancellor, as well as one of the leaders of the European Union after the 2005 nationwide elections. Angela Merkel is the daughter of a Lutheran pastor and a teacher, who moved his family East in order to study Theology. Merkel grew up in an area North of Berlin, which was then the German Democratic Republic. She studied Physics at the University of Leipzig, and earned her doctorate in 1978. Merkel later worked as a Chemist at the Central Institute for Physical Chemistry, in the…

Provincializing Europe, “The West…it is evidently, a name always associating itself with those regions, communities, and peoples that appear politically or economically superior to other regions, communities, and peoples.”(3)However, one must wonder, if Europe really is beleived to be this superior place, why are they failing so miserably in regards to the refugees crisis? It seems that while everyone acknowledges there is a problem, but no one believes it is their responsibility to fix it.…

That perception has led some mainstream politicians, including British Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, to publicly denounce multiculturalism and speak out against its dangers. It has fueled the success of far-right parties and populist politicians across Europe, from the Party for Freedom in the Netherlands to the National Front in France. And in the most extreme cases, it has inspired obscene acts of violence, such as Anders Behring Breivik’s homicidal rampage…

As we approach the summer of 2016, the issue of immigration in the Western world has yet to lose momentum; whether Donald Trump is arguing to build a wall on the Mexican border in the U.S. or European parties against immigration are gaining traction, it’s become clear that opposition to multiculturalism is currently rampant. German chancellor Angela Merkel is under fire for the number of refugees being let into this country; but perhaps her actions are serving one of her oldest goals, true…

Ambition is something everyone has. Your ambitions strives and makes you achieve your goals. However, too much ambition can corrupt and destroy a person. Ambition is like a drug, small amounts can make you feel great, but too much can kill you. Shakespeare clearly portrays the negative effects of too much ambition throughout his play The Tragedy of Macbeth. He uses the main character, Macbeth, to show us how excessive amounts of ambition can lead someone to their doom. In the beginning of…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is Time Magazine's "Person of The Year." CNN reports the 61-year-old German leader has won the title for her "steadfast moral leadership in a world where it is in short supply," wrote Time editor Nancy Gibbs. Merkel topped the magazine's list followed by Islamic State leader Abi Bakr al-Baghdadi (2nd place), US presidential candidate Donald Trump (3rd place), activist group Black Lives Matter (4th place), Iran President Hassan Rouhani (5th place), American…

One of these people is Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany. Merkel has constantly been determined by doing things that have been perceived as unattainable. For example, as a child, she constantly was at the top of her class, except the time she once failed physics. Instead of giving up, Merkel went on to earn a PhD in physics and physics became her first career. Merkel has often been called “the most powerful woman in the world today” (Llana). This power comes from her persistence through…

For many generations, politics has been incorporated into people's lives, be it a small or big role in a person’s life. Politics has changed through time and time again, and which caused there to have many questions asked involving politics. One of those questions about politics is how can politicians have the most likely way to win elections. This essay is on the resolution:”Politicians like Angela Merkel Win Because they Understand the Middle Class”, in which I disagree too. In this essay, I…

Let me tell express about most influential black women alive on the planet. Her name is Angela Davis. Angela Davis is the socialist and former member of communist party. She is famous for addressing issues like women and civil rights, poverty, inequality, peace, health care and prison reforms. Angela Davies’s struggle was started from very young age. After appearing in the public eye in 1970, the woman has taken some exemplary steps for representing the African-American women and played a…

analyze the book, “Blues Legacies and Black Feminism”, by author Angela Y. Davis. The authors background will be introduced with a basic biography followed by an in-depth analysis of the author’s educational background to give the author credibility to this topic. Mrs. Angel Yvonne Davis was born on the 26th day of January in Birmingham, Alabama. She was born in a time period in one of the most known segregated area in the south. She grew up in an area known as “Dynamite Hill” because of…