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New York （AFP） - Time magazine on Wednesday named German Chancellor Angela Merkel as its person of the year for 2015， hailing her leadership during debt and refugee crises that threatened to tear the European Union apart
New York （AFP） - Time magazine on Wednesday named German Chancellor Angela Merkel as its person of the year for 2015， hailing her leadership during debt and refugee crises that threatened to tear the European Union apart
In power for a decade at the helm of Europe‘s biggest economy， the world’s most powerful woman beat runners-up， the leader of the Islamic State extremist group and Donald Trump as Time‘s dominant personality of the year
The venerable American magazine lauded Merkel as the indispensable player in managing the prospect of Greek bankruptcy threatening the eurozone， and the migrant and refugee crisis
“For asking more of her country than most politicians would dare， for standing firm against tyranny as well as expedience and for providing steadfast moral leadership in a world where it is in short supply， Angela Merkel is Time‘s Person of the Year，” wrote editor Nancy Gibbs
