As Chancellor Angela Merkel prepares to leave office after 16 years, her country is among the richest in the world and a broad and contented middle class is one facet of Merkel's Germany that has been central to her longevity
Young people at a Christopher Street Day parade in the eastern city of Cottbus, Germany, Sept. 4, 2021. As Germany heads into an election that will see Angela Merkel step down after 16 years as chancellor, she leaves behind a country profoundly changed — and anxious about changing more. (Lena Mucha/The New York Times)
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