Analysis - Still unbeatable? Truck attack shows Merkel's vulnerability


  • World
  • Tuesday, 20 Dec 2016

German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives to sign the condolence book at the Gedaechniskirche in Berlin, Germany, December 20, 2016, one day after a truck ploughed into a crowded Christmas market in the German capital. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

BERLIN (Reuters) - For months, Germany's Angela Merkel has looked like the one safe bet in European politics.

As Britain's David Cameron, Italy's Matteo Renzi and France's Francois Hollande all succumbed to the scorn of angry voters, the German chancellor promised to fight for a fourth term and seemed destined to win it.

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