” TO 16 years old, I was saying to myself “I want, I want all or nothing”! It is this song of Hildegard Knef, the German post-war diva, that Angela Merkel has chosen to celebrate her departure from the chancellery. It will be interpreted this evening, at nightfall, by the fanfare of the Bundeswehr, the German army, which will pay homage by a Grosser Zapfenstreich, a great torchlight retreat, to the one who ruled Germany for sixteen years and was the most powerful woman in the world. With the last verse of the song: “I can’t stop there. I still want to fight. I always want all or nothing. Red roses will have to rain for me. New miracles must accompany my path. The message is clear: at 67, there is life and dreams after …
