His father was a local judge and a member of ... professor of politics at the University of Salford, told Sky News. But Angela Merkel, then the party's overall leader, blocked his path, and ...

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I first encountered Angela Merkel when I was the Eastern European ... was the result of a strict academic upbringing. Her father was a clergyman in the East German provinces and Merkel was a ...