GermanyAngela Merkel was chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021, the first woman to hold the office. A physicist raised in East Germany, she led the Christian Democratic Union and favored European cooperation and fiscal caution.
In the 12 Axes register, Angela Merkel leans hardest on Internationalism – Nationalism: Internationalism 83%; the register median is balanced 50%.
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Where Angela Merkel sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Federal
Governed a federal republic
Representative Democracy
Parliamentary coalition government
Liberal
Emphasized civil liberties and rule of law
Internationalism
Strong supporter of EU and multilateralism
Non-Aggressive
Cautious on military deployments
Polyculturalist
Admitted many refugees in 2015
Mixed Economic
Social market economy
Markets
Market economy with social protections
Free Trade
Backed EU trade agreements
Spiritual
Lutheran, led a Christian democratic party
Moderate
Centrist, allowed vote on same-sex marriage
Neutral
Phased out nuclear power, funded research
Set against the median of all 124 figures in the register.
Federal – Unitary
On Federal – Unitary, Angela Merkel is at Federal 68%. The register median is Unitary 68%.
Democratic – Autocratic
On Democratic – Autocratic, Angela Merkel is at Democratic 68%, almost the register median of Democratic 68%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.britannica.com
Portrait: Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.
The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].
