merkel's authority the rift began in two thousand and fifteen the year when germany saw a massive influx of refugees in the end nearly one million people came to germany from war torn countries like syria and iraq but also from the balkans and north africa many believe the chancellor is someone who could save them from their circumstances then merkel made this statement that defined a pivotal moment in her government. the arms of u.s. bishops' fish and us we have achieved so much we can do this since then there have been two sides to angela merkel the world sees her as the most powerful woman who was close friends with us president barack obama and two other world leaders looked up to. but the other side of on the americal is how our own country sees her the long serving german chancellor head of a grand coalition that few actually wanted in the first place with tensions growing machall stime as chancellor could be coming to an end unless she can close the