Angela Merkel. The Mistress of Europe

Angela Merkel — the first woman to hold the post of Federal Chancellor of Germany, and one of the most prominent figures in world politics. Sixteen years at the top of power — from 2005 to 2021 — made her the longest-serving leader of modern Germany, surpassing the record of Helmut Kohl. Germans called her "Mummy" — for her measured care for the country and her ability to make difficult decisions. The laureate of the title "Person of the Year" by Time (2015), repeatedly recognized as one of the most influential women in the world and — according to many — the de facto leader of the European Union,
Merkel in her memoirs leads the reader from her youth in the GDR, with its Komsomol spirit and "Soviet" reality, to the political Olympus of a united Europe. She opens the backstage of world diplomacy and shows how, in quiet personal conversations between leaders, the fates of continents are sometimes decided.