TIME magazine announced that German Chancellor Angela Merkel is its 2015 Person of the Year. TIME praised the German leader for her leadership during the Greek debt crisis and the arrival of immigrants from Syria and the Middle East to Europe. Merkel is the first woman in 29 years to earn the Person of the Year title.
Title: Angela Merkel Named TIME’s Person of the Year
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