Prologue -- Part one: "I wasn't born a Chancellor", July 17, 1954 to November 9, 1989. Happy childhood -- Off and away -- At the East German Academy of Sciences -- Part two: Democratic awakening, November 10, 1989 to December 2, 1990. Unity and justice and freedom -- Standing on my own two feet -- Part three: Freedom and responsibility, December 3, 1990 to November 21, 2005. "Aufbau Ost" -- Equal rights -- Sustainability -- Why the CDU? -- Part four: Serving Germany (I), November 22, 2005 to September 4, 2015. First -- A summer's tale -- Hosting in a wicker beach chair -- Global economic crisis -- Euro crisis -- Ukraine and Georgia in NATO? -- Peace and self-determination in Ukraine -- "We can do this!" -- Part five: Serving Germany (II), September 5, 2015 to December 8, 2021. A friendly face -- An interconnected world--the Reef Knot -- Climate and energy -- The Bundeswehr in active service -- Israel -- Kairos -- The Pandemic -- Epilogue.
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