However, another poll for conducted among 2,047 German citizens showed that a larger share -- nearly 45 percent -- did not think...
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Merkel has stoically insisted "we can do it", even as polls show that over half of Germans now have doubts.
German chancellor Angela Merkel leads the Bundeswehr, the German armed forces, through conflict and peace.
Nearly two dozen asylum seekers were among those suspected of carrying out the New Year attacks in Cologne
Fear and anger have gripped many citizens of Cologne
Cologne's police chief has said the perpetrators appeared to be of "Arab or North African" origin.
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Time magazine named German Chancellor Angela Merkel its 2015 "Person of the Year".
The magazine said the German chancellor had "stepped in" every time a serious crisis had threatened European statecraft this year.