For the past year, as the hurricane of political populism shook the west, Germany remained an island of calm. The US elected Donald Trump; Britain plunged towards Brexit; François Hollande was too unpopular even to stand for re-election as France’s president. By contrast, Angela Merkel, moved serenely towards a fourth term as German chancellor. Among the large western nations, only Germany seemed to have strong and stable leadership.
過去一年，當政治民粹主義的風暴讓西方地動山搖時，德國仍是一個平靜的地方。唐納•川普(Donald Trump)當選爲美國總統；英國退歐；法蘭索瓦•歐蘭德(François Hollande)太不得人心，甚至都無法競選連任法國總統。相比之下，安格拉•梅克爾(Angela Merkel)將無驚無險地第四次連任德國總理。在西方大國中，似乎只有德國擁有堅強又穩定的領導層。
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