Pandemic made my last year in office the hardest, says emotional Merkel - Reuters

3:11pm PST - December 30th, 2020    angela merkel - Reuters

Angela Merkel said in her last New Year's address to the nation as German chancellor that 2020 was by far the most difficult of her 15-year leadership, yet the start of vaccinations against COVID-19 made 2021 a year of hope.