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Merkel, the ‘Indispensable European’, Leads in Re-election Bid

Merkel, the ‘Indispensable European’, Leads in Re-election Bid
German Chancellor Angela Merkel John MacDougall/AFP/Getty Images
David Kilgour
David Kilgour
Human Right Advocate and Nobel Peace Prize Nominee
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Angela Merkel’s re-election as Germany’s chancellor for the fourth time on September 24 is important for Germans, Europeans, and many democratic nations around the world, partly because of regional and other international misfeasance by Russia’s Vladimir Putin.

David Kilgour
David Kilgour
Human Right Advocate and Nobel Peace Prize Nominee
David Kilgour, J.D., former Canadian Secretary of State for Asia-Pacific, senior member of the Canadian Parliament and nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work related to the investigation of forced organ harvesting crimes against Falun Gong practitioners in China, He was a Crowne Prosecutor and longtime expert commentator of the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong and human rights issues in Africa. He co-authored Bloody Harvest: Killed for Their Organs and La Mission au Rwanda.