Gernman Chancellor Angela Merkel said that 2020 was by far the most difficult of her 15-year leadership. While addresting to the Nation, Markel said that 2020 was the toughest year, yet the start of vaccinations against Covid-19 made 2021 a year of hope.

Merkel condemned a protest movement opposed to lockdowns and said she would get vaccinated when the shot is widely available. She said,  “Let me tell you something personal in conclusion: in nine months a parliamentary election will take place and I won’t be running again. Today is therefore in all likelihood the last time I am able to deliver a New Year’s address to you.” The Chancellor further said,  “I think I am not exaggerating when I say: never in the last 15 years have we found the old year so heavy and never have we, despite all the worries and some scepticism, looked forward to the new one with so much hope.”

Her message will resonate with most people in a country struggling with a rise in coronavirus infections and deaths and where a majority support lockdown measures and vaccination as the best weapons against to combat covid-19. 

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