People & Politics | The Favorite - Angela Merkel

2009-09-25 144

German Chancellor Angela Merkel enjoys excellent personal popularity ratings in Germany,although both the media and the opposition regularly portray her as indecisive and lacking in leadership skills.She's now seeking another four-year term in office,and surveys show she as a good chance of making it. We look back over Merkel's first term in office and at the current election campaign and discuss why Merkel as an individual has such wide appeal for voters,while her party enjoys only moderate ratings.