Fergus Finlay: Angela Merkel will be recalled as a great servant of Germany and Europe

Angela Merkel will leave an enormous hole in German and European politics when she finally waves goodbye next month, writes Fergus Finlay

Angela Merkel: Will leave an enormous hole in German and European politics when she finally waves goodbye next month. Picture: AP

Angela Merkel is younger than me. There’s a sobering thought! And yet, when she became chancellor of Germany, I was still, so to speak, in mid-career. 

She’s been there so long it’s hard to remember who was there before her. And heaven only knows what will happen after her. That will all start to unfold next month.