epa09618265 (15/26) (FILE) - Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (R) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) during the inauguration of the new opera building in Oslo, Norway, 12 April 2008 (reissued 03 December 2021). German conservative party CDU's then leader Angela Merkel was sworn in as German Chancellor on 22 November 2005, following coalition negotiations after the federal elections in Germany. Merkel, the longest-serving leader in the EU to date, was re-elected to office three times in 2009, 2013, and 2017, and announced in October 2018 that she will neither run for re-election as party chair in December 2018 nor seek a fifth term as Chancellor in the September 2021 general elections. She received her certificate of dismissal from the German president on 26 October 2021, her successor is scheduled to be sworn in between 06 and 10 December 2021. EPA/SIGURDSON BJORN/ POOL ATTENTION: This Image is part of a PHOTO SET *** Local Caption *** 01312793
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W Berlinie odbył się w czwartek wieczorem Wielki Capstrzyk Bundeswehry na pożegnanie kanclerz Niemiec Angeli Merkel, która odchodzi ze stanowiska po 16 latach. Politycy wszystkich opcji skorzystali z tej okazji, aby podziękować Merkel za długie lata pracy dla kraju.
W krótkim pożegnalnym przemówieniu kanclerz powiedziała m.in.: „Czuję wdzięczność i pokorę. Pokorę wobec urzędu, który dane mi było sprawować tak długo, wdzięczność – za zaufanie. Zaufanie – zawsze zdawałam sobie z tego sprawę – jest ważnym kapitałem w polityce. Nie jest to nic oczywistego i za to dziękuję z całego serca”.
Przyszły kanclerz Olaf Scholz napisał na Twitterze, że Merkel „odniosła sukces jako kanclerz. Niestrudzenie pracowała dla naszego kraju i pozostała wierna sobie przez 16 lat, w ciągu których wiele rzeczy uległo zmianie”. Życzył jej „Wszystkiego najlepszego!”.
Przyszła minister spraw zagranicznych Annalena Baerbock z Zielonych podkreślała w swoim wpisie na Twitterze: „Stabilność i wolność w czasach kryzysu nasz kraj zawdzięcza politycznej erze Angeli Merkel, a także odmiennemu stylowi prowadzenia polityki – nie głośnemu uderzaniu w stół, ale mądrości, faktom i empatii”. Teraz „rozpocznie się nowy rozdział w życiu Angeli Merkel. Z całego serca życzę jej wszystkiego najlepszego!” – dodała Baerbock.
Przegrany kandydat na kanclerza Armin Laschet z chadeckiej CDU także poświęcił Merkel kilka słów na Twitterze: „Dziękuję również osobiście za wsparcie i rady przez tak wiele lat”.
Lider FDP Christian Lindner, który nie zawsze zgadzał się z Merkel, zauważył na Twitterze: „Indywidualne różnice polityczne nie przesłaniają faktu, że oddała ona wielkie zasługi Europie i Niemcom. Za to należy jej się uznanie i podziękowania od liberałów”.
Johannes Vogel, zastępca federalnego przewodniczącego FDP, podkreślił „humor, intelekt, racjonalność i suwerenność” Merkel.
Polityk CDU Serap Gueler napisała z kolei na Twitterze: „Będzie mi jej brakowało i wiem, że nie jestem w tym osamotniona. Powinniśmy być dumni z tej kobiety, której często zazdrościły nam inne kraje.”
Współprzewodniczący Lewicy Dietmar Bartsch podkreślił, że Merkel pozostawi po sobie lukę. „Szybko odczujemy brak Angeli Merkel w polityce. W żadnym momencie nie kierowała się wartościami materialnymi jako miernikiem swoich działań. Dlatego też nie była w żaden sposób skorumpowana”.
Przyszły minister rolnictwa Cem Oezdemir (Zieloni) napisał: „Wielki szacunek i wszystkiego najlepszego z głębi serca”.
Z Berlina Berenika Lemańczyk (PAP)
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She received her certificate of dismissal from the German president on 26 October 2021, her successor is scheduled to be sworn in between 06 and 10 December 2021. EPA/Jens Büttner GERMANY OUT ATTENTION: This Image is part of a PHOTO SET *** Local Caption *** 54818387 Dostawca: PAP/EPA.epa09618266 (16/26) (FILE) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) gets to know the robot Asimo (Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility) next to the museum’s director Mamoru Mohri (C) at the Miraikan Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Daiba, Tokyo, Japan, 09 March 2015 (reissued 03 December 2021). German conservative party CDU’s then leader Angela Merkel was sworn in as German Chancellor on 22 November 2005, following coalition negotiations after the federal elections in Germany. Merkel, the longest-serving leader in the EU to date, was re-elected to office three times in 2009, 2013, and 2017, and announced in October 2018 that she will neither run for re-election as party chair in December 2018 nor seek a fifth term as Chancellor in the September 2021 general elections. She received her certificate of dismissal from the German president on 26 October 2021, her successor is scheduled to be sworn in between 06 and 10 December 2021. EPA/MICHAEL KAPPELER GERMANY OUT ATTENTION: This Image is part of a PHOTO SET *** Local Caption *** 54818418 Dostawca: PAP/EPA.epa09618267 (17/26) (FILE) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel and CDU (Germany’s Christian Democrats) frontrunner in the upcoming Bundestag elections holds up her hands as it begins to rain during her speech at an election campaign event on Norderney island, Germany, 17 August 2009 (reissued 03 December 2021). German conservative party CDU’s then leader Angela Merkel was sworn in as German Chancellor on 22 November 2005, following coalition negotiations after the federal elections in Germany. Merkel, the longest-serving leader in the EU to date, was re-elected to office three times in 2009, 2013, and 2017, and announced in October 2018 that she will neither run for re-election as party chair in December 2018 nor seek a fifth term as Chancellor in the September 2021 general elections. She received her certificate of dismissal from the German president on 26 October 2021, her successor is scheduled to be sworn in between 06 and 10 December 2021. 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Merkel, the longest-serving leader in the EU to date, was re-elected to office three times in 2009, 2013, and 2017, and announced in October 2018 that she will neither run for re-election as party chair in December 2018 nor seek a fifth term as Chancellor in the September 2021 general elections. She received her certificate of dismissal from the German president on 26 October 2021, her successor is scheduled to be sworn in between 06 and 10 December 2021. EPA/JULIAN STRATENSCHULTE GERMANY OUT ATTENTION: This Image is part of a PHOTO SET *** Local Caption *** 54818386 Dostawca: PAP/EPA.epa09618271 (21/26) (FILE) – US President Donald J. Trump (R) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 17 March 2017 (reissued 03 December 2021). 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EPA/CLEMENS BILAN ATTENTION: This Image is part of a PHOTO SET *** Local Caption *** 53394603 Dostawca: PAP/EPA.epa09618270 (20/26) (FILE) – A poster showing German Chancellor Angela Merkel dressed in a Nazi uniform is seen burning in front of the Greek Parliament during a rally marking May Day and to protest against the ongoing austerity measures, in Athens, Greece, 01 May 2012 (reissued 03 December 2021). German conservative party CDU’s then leader Angela Merkel was sworn in as German Chancellor on 22 November 2005, following coalition negotiations after the federal elections in Germany. Merkel, the longest-serving leader in the EU to date, was re-elected to office three times in 2009, 2013, and 2017, and announced in October 2018 that she will neither run for re-election as party chair in December 2018 nor seek a fifth term as Chancellor in the September 2021 general elections. 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