That has to be about a different Angela Merkel, the one I know had one priority: preserving status quo.
> slow and steady presence
> preserving status quo
That sounds like the same thing to me?
Which recent German politician in power wasn't about preserving the status quo? The entire country and culture is all about the status quo.
She also was for making Germany economically dependent on gas pipelines to Russia, even though she knew that she was funding Russia's war in Ukraine.
I am not inclined to give her a free pass on that.