How Merkel went from lame duck to global leader on coronavirus
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Angela Merkel doesn't give big speeches. The German Chancellor addresses her nation once a year, in a pre-recorded New Year's message. When she decided to update German citizens about the coronavirus outbreak in March, it was the first unscheduled televised address she had given in almost 15 years of leadership.