i think mutti might — potentially lies ahead? i think mutti might sound _ potentially lies ahead?he has been a charge 16 years. she may not be the most charismatic and glamorous figure but she has presided over germany and indeed the whole of europe with in my eyes a great deal of skill and enormous amount of dignity. remember the refugee crisis a few years ago when we, to my absolute shame, refused to take our fair we, to my absolute shame, refused to take ourfair share of we, to my absolute shame, refused to take our fair share of refugees we, to my absolute shame, refused to take ourfair share of refugees in this country in the wake of the city at civil war and —— syrian civil war and mutti stepped in and said they will take a million and because of the second world war it's our duty. how many british politicians use the word duty? i how many british politicians use the word du ? ,, how many british politicians use the word du ? , ., ., word duty? i spoke to a political correspondent _ word duty? i spoke to a political correspondent from _ word duty? i spoke to a political corr

they call her mutti, or mom.eaving the chancellery, germany is out of its comfort zone. >> i think she will be remembered as a very important states person who kept europe together. malcom: peter neumann is a senior advisor to merkel's centre right christian democrat party. peter: history will remember her as a successful chancellor, a popular chancellor, as a chancellor that brought germans a great deal of prosperity. malcom: president biden saluted the shy research scientist who became the first east german to assume her nation's highest office since reunification. pres. biden: on behalf of the united states, thank you angela for your career of strong, principledeadership and thank you for your connued support for the long-standing goal of a europe whole, free, and at peace. malcom: in 2010, merkel saved the euro currency by coordinating a financial bail out for greece when it went bust. there were fears that other weak european economies would collapse and the euro would tank. ch. merkel: europe fails when the