Chancellor of the Free World. (cover story)

MERKEL, Angela, 1954-; TIME'S Person of the Year selections; WOMEN leaders; EUROPEAN Union politics & government; WOMEN prime ministers; CHILDREN; GOVERNMENT policy on political refugees; GERMAN politics & government, 1990-; AWARDS; TWENTY-first century

The article discusses several aspects of the life and political career of German Chancellor Angela Merkel who won the journal's Person of the Year award in 2015, and it mentions Merkel's efforts to strengthen the European Union and her role as a powerful global leader. Merkel's childhood in Germany is addressed, along with her 10-year reign as the nation's leader. It states that Merkel's government expects to welcome close to one million asylum seekers by the end of December 2015.