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(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 10, 2018 French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel hug after unveiling a plaque in a French-German ceremony in the clearing of Rethondes (the Glade of the Armistice) in Compiegne, northern France, as part of commemorations marking the 100th anniversary of the 11 November 1918 armistice, ending World War I. – She was called “the leader of the free world” as authoritarian populists were on the march in Europe and the United States but Angela Merkel is wrapping up a historic 16 years in power with an uncertain legacy at home and abroad. (Photo by PHILIPPE WOJAZER / POOL / AFP)