Merkel era ends in Germany
Angela Merkel was bid farewell with military honors and chose a punk song for her farewell
German Chancellor Angela Merkel was bid farewell in the capital Berlin with a military ceremony on Thursday evening. Merkel will remain in her post until next week. In her short speech at the ceremony, Angela Merkel wished success to the new German government and its prime minister, Olaf Scholz. “I wholeheartedly believe that we can make the future good if we do not fall into unhappiness, jealousy and despair.” Merkel continued: “As I said somewhere three years ago, start with happiness in your heart. That’s what I’ve always done in my life in East Germany and in the times of freedom that followed. May this happiness be in the bosom of all of us and our nation. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart.” Merkel chose the music played at the ceremony