Tag: Legacy

Austerity, far right, feminism: Merkel’s ambivalent legacy

by Hui Min NEO Agence France-Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) – Crises have a knack for felling leaders. Not Chancellor Angela Merkel. During 16 years in power, the veteran navigated Germany through the 2008 financial turmoil and ensuing eurozone debt crisis, the 2015 refugee influx and then the coronavirus pandemic. While largely admired at home and abroad even in the final days of her reign, the legacy she leaves behind is marked both by light and […]

US negotiator for Paris Agreement warns Trump that leaving could impact his legacy

(Reuters) – President Donald Trump came under pressure on Wednesday (May 31) from corporate chief executive officers, United States allies, Democrats and some fellow Republicans to keep his country in a global pact to fight climate change, but a source close to the matter said Trump was preparing to pull out of the Paris accord. “The decision by the (US) to walk away from Paris if he makes it, will resound all over the world […]

The Iron Lady’s legacy

QUEZON City, Philippines (October 4) – Last Thursday came a sad news. On September 29,2016, at the age of 71, the Iron Lady of the Philippine Senate passed away. Senator Grace Poe announced that Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago has passed away during a hearing on the Freedom of Information bill.The former senator died “peacefully” at 8:52 a.m. Thursday. Many of her fans and supporters as well as  her colleagues in the Senate were shocked at the news. […]