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IAA - INTERNATIONAL MOTOR SHOW GERMANY - MERKEL AT VW STALL

FILED - 14 September 2017, Germany, Frankfurt am Main: German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) visits the Volkswagen stall at the start of the IAA International Motor Show. Photo: Boris Roessler/dpa | usage worldwide (KEYSTONE/DPA/Boris Roessler)

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Former German chancellor Angela Merkel, center, State Premier Hendrik Wuest, left, and president of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde, right, stand together at a ceremony for Angela Merkel in Cologne, Germany, Tuesday, May 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

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Former German chancellor Angela Merkel, right, talks to president of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde, after Merkel was awarded the North Rhine-Westphalia State Prize in Cologne, Germany, Tuesday, May 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

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Former German chancellor Angela Merkel, left, is awarded the North Rhine-Westphalia State Prize by State Premier Hendrik Wuest at a ceremony in Cologne, Germany, Tuesday, May 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

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Former German chancellor Angela Merkel, right, holds flowers beside the president of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde after Merkel was awarded the North Rhine Westphalia State Prize in Cologne, Germany, Tuesday, May 16, 2023. Christine Lagarde gave the laudatory speech. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

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German former soccer player and national team coach Juergen Klinsmann arrives for a reception to honor former Chancellor Angela Merkel with the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in a special design at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany, Monday, April 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks after she received the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in a special design from German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, during a reception at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany, Monday, April 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks after she received the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in a special design from German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, during a reception at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany, Monday, April 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks after she received the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in a special design from German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, during a reception at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany, Monday, April 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, left, presents the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in a special design to former Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, during a reception at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany, Monday, April 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

GERMANY MERKEL

Former Chancellor Angela Merkel poses with the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in a special design to during a reception at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany, Monday, April 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel waves during an event with journalist and author Alexander Osang under the theme "So what is my country?" at the Berliner Ensemble in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, June 7, 2022. (Fabian Sommer/dpa via AP)

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Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel answers questions from journalist and author Alexander Osang under the theme "So what is my country?" at the Berliner Ensemble in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, June 7, 2022. (Fabian Sommer/dpa via AP)

GERMANY MERKEL

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel answers questions from journalist and author Alexander Osang under the theme "So what is my country?" at the Berliner Ensemble in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, June 7, 2022. (Fabian Sommer/dpa via AP)

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epa10001030 Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel during 'So what is my country?' conversation with Alexander Osang at the Berliner Ensemble in Berlin, Germany, 07 June 2022. EPA/FILIP SINGER

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epa10000942 Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) during 'So what is my country?' conversation with Alexander Osang (R) at the Berliner Ensemble in Berlin, Germany, 07 June 2022. EPA/FILIP SINGER

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epa10000939 People attend Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conversation with Alexander Osang 'So what is my country?' at the Berliner Ensemble in Berlin, Germany, 07 June 2022. EPA/FILIP SINGER

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epa10000941 Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel during 'So what is my country?' conversation with Alexander Osang at the Berliner Ensemble in Berlin, Germany, 07 June 2022. EPA/FILIP SINGER

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epa10000935 Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel during 'So what is my country?' conversation with Alexander Osang at the Berliner Ensemble in Berlin, Germany, 07 June 2022. EPA/FILIP SINGER

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epa10000938 Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) during 'So what is my country?' conversation with Alexander Osang (R) at the Berliner Ensemble in Berlin, Germany, 07 June 2022. EPA/FILIP SINGER

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epa10000940 People attend Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conversation with Alexander Osang 'So what is my country?' at the Berliner Ensemble in Berlin, Germany, 07 June 2022. EPA/FILIP SINGER

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epa10000937 Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel during 'So what is my country?' conversation with Alexander Osang at the Berliner Ensemble in Berlin, Germany, 07 June 2022. EPA/FILIP SINGER

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epa10000934 Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel during 'So what is my country?' conversation with Alexander Osang at the Berliner Ensemble in Berlin, Germany, 07 June 2022. EPA/FILIP SINGER

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epa10000932 Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel during 'So what is my country?' conversation with Alexander Osang at the Berliner Ensemble in Berlin, Germany, 07 June 2022. EPA/FILIP SINGER

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FILE - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, left, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel talk following their meeting in Athens, on Jan. 10, 2019. Merkel has been credited with raising GermanyâÄ™s profile and influence, helping hold a fractious European Union together, managing a string of crises and being a role model for women in a near-record tenure. Her designated successor, Olaf Scholz, is expected to take office Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel waves goodbye at the Defence Ministry during the Grand Tattoo (Grosser Zapfenstreich), a ceremonial send-off for her in Berlin on December 2, 2021. (Odd Andersen/Pool Photo via AP)

GERMANY MERKEL

German Chancellor Angela Merkel waves goodbye at the Defence Ministry during the Grand Tattoo (Grosser Zapfenstreich), a ceremonial send-off for her in Berlin on December 2, 2021. (Odd Andersen/Pool Photo via AP)

GERMANY MERKEL

Chancellor Angela Merkel attends in a Grand Tattoo ceremony to mark the farewell of her chancellorship in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021. With one week left before Merkel steps aside, she is being treated to a traditional send off involving the military ceremony with a brass band playing her choice of music. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel makes a speech at the Defence Ministry during the Grand Tattoo (Grosser Zapfenstreich), a ceremonial send-off for her, in Berlin on Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021. (Odd Andersen/Pool Photo via AP)

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel makes a speech at the Defence Ministry during the Grand Tattoo (Grosser Zapfenstreich), a ceremonial send-off for her, in Berlin on Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021. (Odd Andersen/Pool Photo via AP)

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel makes a speech at the Defence Ministry during the Grand Tattoo (Grosser Zapfenstreich), a ceremonial send-off for her, in Berlin on Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021. (Odd Andersen/Pool Photo via AP)

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center in yellow jacket, leaves with her government following a group photo after the cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021. Due to the schedule of coalition talks for a new German government it is probably her last cabinet session as German Chancellor.(AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, Pool)

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Followed by Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister Olaf Scholz, right, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, arrives with her government for a group photo after the cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021. Due to the schedule of coalition talks for a new German government it is probably her last cabinet session as German Chancellor.(AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, Pool)

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, arrives with her government for a group photo after the cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021. Due to the schedule of coalition talks for a new German government it is probably her last cabinet session as German Chancellor. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, Pool)

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, poses with her government after the cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021. Due to the schedule of coalition talks for a new German government it is probably her last cabinet session as German Chancellor. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, Pool)

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, poses with her government after the cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021. Due to the schedule of coalition talks for a new German government it is probably her last cabinet session as German Chancellor. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, Pool)

GERMANY MERKEL

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, poses with her government after the cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021. Due to the schedule of coalition talks for a new German government it is probably her last cabinet session as German Chancellor.(AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, Pool)

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel leads the cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021. Due to the schedule of coalition talks for a new German government it is probably her last cabinet session as German Chancellor. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, Pool)

GERMANY MERKEL

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, receives a bouquet from Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister Olaf, Scholz, right, prior to the cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021. Merkel was given flowers as this was probably her last cabinet session as German Chancellor as negotiations are going on to form a new government after elections were held in September. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, Pool)

GERMANY MERKEL

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, receives a bouquet from Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister Olaf, Scholz, right, prior to the cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021. Merkel was given flowers as this was probably her last cabinet session as German Chancellor as negotiations are going on to form a new government after elections were held in September. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, Pool)

GERMANY MERKEL

German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds a bouquet from Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister Olaf, Scholz prior to the cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021. Merkel was given flowers as this was probably her last cabinet session as German Chancellor as negotiations are going on to form a new government after elections were held in September. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, Pool)

GERMANY MERKEL

German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds a bouquet from Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister Olaf, Scholz prior to the cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021. Merkel was given flowers as this was probably her last cabinet session as German Chancellor as negotiations are going on to form a new government after elections were held in September. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, Pool)

GERMANY MERKEL

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, receives a bouquet from Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister Olaf, Scholz, left, prior to the cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021. Merkel was given flowers as this was probably her last cabinet session as German Chancellor as negotiations are going on to form a new government after elections were held in September. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, Pool)

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel talks to the media during her visit at the TUMO education center for creative technologies in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Nov. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, Pool)

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel listens to students during her visit at the TUMO education center for creative technologies in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Nov. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, Pool)

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File - German Chancellor Angela Merkel leaves the plenary hall after a debate about the situation in Germany ahead of the upcoming national election in Berlin, Sept. 7, 2021 . Angela Merkel said in interview with weekly paper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, she is satisfied with the timing of her departure after 16 years at the helm of the country and was now looking forward to dedicate time to things she had to neglect during her chancellorship. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

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FILE - German Chancellor Angela Merkel waits for her certificate of dismissal, right, in Berlin, Oct. 26, 2021. Angela Merkel said in interview with weekly paper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, she is satisfied with the timing of her departure after 16 years at the helm of the country and was now looking forward to dedicate time to things she had to neglect during her chancellorship. (Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

BELGIUM GERMANY MERKEL

Belgium's Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, second right, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, sit while a musical score is played during an official welcoming ceremony at the Egmont Palace in Brussels, Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, listens to a musical score during an official welcoming ceremony with Belgium's Prime Minister Alexander De Croo at the Egmont Palace in Brussels, Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

BELGIUM GERMANY MERKEL VISIT

epa09525053 King Philippe of Belgium receives German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) at the Laeken Royal Palace in Brussels, Belgium, 15 October 2021. Merkel will receive the 'Grand Cordon' decoration for her career. EPA/OLIVIER HOSLET

VATICAN GERMANY MERKEL VISIT

epa09510686 German Chancellor Angela Merkel leaves after a private audience with Pope Francis, at the San Damaso courtyard in Vatican City, 07 October 2021. EPA/ETTORE FERRARI

VATICAN GERMANY MERKEL VISIT

epa09510466 German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and her husband Joachim Sauer (L) pass by a Swiss Guard as they arrive for a private audience with Pope Francis, at the San Damaso courtyard in Vatican City, 07 October 2021. EPA/ETTORE FERRARI

VATICAN GERMANY MERKEL VISIT

epa09510437 German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and her husband Joachim Sauer (L, behind) arrive for a private audience with Pope Francis, at the San Damaso courtyard in Vatican City, 07 October 2021. EPA/ETTORE FERRARI

VATICAN GERMANY MERKEL VISIT

epa09510421 German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) is welcomed by Italian priest and writer Monsignor Leonardo Sapienza (R) as she arrives for a private audience with Pope Francis, at the San Damaso courtyard in Vatican City, 07 October 2021. EPA/ETTORE FERRARI

VATICAN GERMANY MERKEL VISIT

epa09510423 German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) is welcomed by Italian priest and writer Monsignor Leonardo Sapienza (R) as she arrives for a private audience with Pope Francis, at the San Damaso courtyard in Vatican City, 07 October 2021. EPA/ETTORE FERRARI

VATICAN GERMANY MERKEL VISIT

epa09510422 German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for a private audience with Pope Francis, at the San Damaso courtyard in Vatican City, 07 October 2021. EPA/ETTORE FERRARI

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel is greeted by Georg Batzing, right, President of the German Bishops' Conference, and Karl Justen, Head of the Commissariat of the German Bishops, before the St Michael 2021 Annual Reception of the German Bishops' Conference in Berlin, Monday Sept. 27, 2021. (Fabian Sommer/dpa via AP)

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, Georg Guenther, Chairman of the Junge Union Mecklenburg-Vorpommerns and the Mayor of the municipality of Ummanz, Holger Kliewe, right, perform the symbolic ground-breaking ceremony for the extension of the cycle path in the municipality near Waase on the island of Ummanz, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (Stefan Sauer/dpa via AP)

GERMANY MERKEL WOMEN

Election campaign manager Leonie Pouw smiles prior to an interview with the Associated Press in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021. Pouw, a 24-year-old election campaign manager in Berlin, was eight years old when Merkel came to power, so she says it was the most normal thing for her to have a female chancellor. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

GERMANY MERKEL WOMEN

Election campaign manager Leonie Pouw smiles prior to an interview with the Associated Press in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021. Pouw, a 24-year-old election campaign manager in Berlin, was eight years old when Merkel came to power, so she says it was the most normal thing for her to have a female chancellor. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

GERMANY MERKEL WOMEN

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016 file photo, German Chancellor Angela Merkel poses with women after a conference with women in leadership at the chancellery in Berlin. Millions of women admire the 67-year-old for breaking through the glass ceiling of male dominance in politics, and sheâÄ™s been lauded as an impressive role model for girls both at home and around the globe. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

GERMANY MERKEL WOMEN

FILE - In this Tuesday, April 25, 2017 file photo, Canada's Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, Ivanka Trump, daughter and adviser of U.S. President Donald Trump and International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde, from left, jokingly raise their hands to support that they consider German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, being a feminist during a panel at the W20 Summit in Berlin, Germany. Angela Merkel, GermanyâÄ™s first female chancellor, has been praised by many for her pragmatic leadership in a turbulent world and celebrated by some as a feminist icon. But a look at her track record in fighting gender inequality in 16 years running Germany reveals missed opportunities in promoting women's issues. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

GERMANY MERKEL WOMEN

FILE - In this Tuesday, June 18, 2013 file photo, leaders from left, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Vladimir Putin, British Prime Minister David Cameron, US President Barack Obama, French President Francois Hollande, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy pose during a group photo opportunity at the G-8 summit at the Lough Erne golf resort in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. Merkel has also been lauded as an impressive role model for girls both at home and around the globe for standing up to male leaders. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

GERMANY MERKEL WOMEN

FILE - In this combo from file photos taken between 2009 and 2016 German Chancellor Angela Merkel is shown wearing her iconic blazers in different colors, as she leads the weekly cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin. Angela Merkel, GermanyâÄ™s first female chancellor, has been praised by many for her pragmatic leadership in a turbulent world and celebrated by some as a feminist icon. But a look at her track record in fighting gender inequality in 16 years running Germany reveals missed opportunities in promoting women's issues. (AP Photos/Markus Schreiber, file)