Merkel’s last stand: What comes after the end of an era?

Europe to Date

Angela Merkel is on her way out after more than thirteen years as chancellor. She’s been praised as a pragmatist and defender of liberal democracy in increasingly turbulent times, but many Germans are ready for something new. Who could possibly fill her shoes? Clare and Rebecca ask supporters of her CDU party about Merkel’s legacy and find out from Boris Vormann, professor of politics at Bard College Berlin, what decades of “politics of no alternatives” have meant for the rise of fringe movements.