Angela Merkel could do no wrong. As other leaders on both sides of the Atlantic fumbled a year ago in their responses to the coronavirus, the German chancellor epitomized leadership and steady nerves. Her occasional television addresses displayed an empathy not known for a leader who normally shuns emotion and publicity. Opinion polls made Merkel almost invincible and indispensable. Until recently.
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A visitor wearing a face mask looks at the Bust of Queen Nefertiti from Tell el-Amarna, the most famous exhibit at the Neues Museum with its collection of Egyptian art, on March 16, 2021, in Berlin, as visits at some state museums were possible again amid the novel coronavirus / COVID-19 pandemic.
