Chancellor Angela Merkel has received would be at the elite American University of Harvard, the honorary degree of doctor. In Germany, a lot of criticized the Slogan “We can do this” was during the refugee crisis in 2015, explicitly praised.
“pragmatism and intelligent determination” had marked their previous time in office – this is the American elite Harvard University in the award of an honorary doctor paid tribute to the dignity of Chancellor Angela Merkel. Harvard President Larry Bacow awarded Merkel the Jura mountains-an honorary doctorate at a ceremony on the Campus of the University of Cambridge.
Harvard President Larry Bacow talks with Angela Merkel at the awards ceremony in Cambridge.
Marc Goodheart, Vice-President of Harvard, congratulated Angela Merkel for the award.
criticism in Germany, praise in the U.S.
Explicitly, of the University of Merkel’s Slogan praised the “can-do” during the refugee crisis in the year 2015, had earned in Germany, a lot of criticism. Merkel’s decision to allow in large numbers of migrants and refugees into the country, have shown their will for the to stand up for what you think is right, even if it is unpopular. The Same applies as well for their actions in the European debt crisis.
Merkel received during the ceremony, a lot of applause from the audience. Bacow called the Chancellor the “most influential statesmen of our time”. The former Harvard President Drew Faust and the founding Director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Lonnie Bunch, were given honorary degrees.
Chancellor Merkel thanked those present in Cambridge for the applause.
speech to graduates
after the ceremony will keep Merkel in a speech before graduates of the University. With a view to the tense relationship between the German Chancellor to US President Donald Trump, the response is expected with voltage. A Meeting of Merkel with the President is not scheduled during your current visit in the United States.
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