BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 26: A view of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel's book “Freedom: Memoirs 1954 – 2021” at a bookshop in Berlin, Germany on November 26, 2024. Merkel wrote “Freedom. Memories 1954-2021” with Beate Baumann, who was her chief of staff for many years. Cuneyt Karadag / Anadolu/ABACAPRESS.COM

BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 26: A view of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel's book “Freedom: Memoirs 1954 – 2021” at a bookshop in Berlin, Germany on November 26, 2024. Merkel wrote “Freedom. Memories 1954-2021” with Beate Baumann, who was her chief of staff for many years. Cuneyt Karadag / Anadolu/ABACAPRESS.COM

BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 26: A view of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel's book “Freedom: Memoirs 1954 – 2021” at a bookshop in Berlin, Germany on November 26, 2024. Merkel wrote “Freedom. Memories 1954-2021” with Beate Baumann, who was her chief of staff for many years. Cuneyt Karadag / Anadolu/ABACAPRESS.COM

BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 26: A view of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel's book “Freedom: Memoirs 1954 – 2021” at a bookshop in Berlin, Germany on November 26, 2024. Merkel wrote “Freedom. Memories 1954-2021” with Beate Baumann, who was her chief of staff for many years. Cuneyt Karadag / Anadolu/ABACAPRESS.COM

BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 26: A view of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel's book “Freedom: Memoirs 1954 – 2021” at a bookshop in Berlin, Germany on November 26, 2024. Merkel wrote “Freedom. Memories 1954-2021” with Beate Baumann, who was her chief of staff for many years. Cuneyt Karadag / Anadolu/ABACAPRESS.COM

BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 26: A view of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel's book “Freedom: Memoirs 1954 – 2021” at a bookshop in Berlin, Germany on November 26, 2024. Merkel wrote “Freedom. Memories 1954-2021” with Beate Baumann, who was her chief of staff for many years. Cuneyt Karadag / Anadolu/ABACAPRESS.COM

BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 26: A view of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel's book “Freedom: Memoirs 1954 – 2021” at a bookshop in Berlin, Germany on November 26, 2024. Merkel wrote “Freedom. Memories 1954-2021” with Beate Baumann, who was her chief of staff for many years. Cuneyt Karadag / Anadolu/ABACAPRESS.COM

BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 26: A view of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel's book “Freedom: Memoirs 1954 – 2021” at a bookshop in Berlin, Germany on November 26, 2024. Merkel wrote “Freedom. Memories 1954-2021” with Beate Baumann, who was her chief of staff for many years. Cuneyt Karadag / Anadolu/ABACAPRESS.COM

BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 26: A view of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel's book “Freedom: Memoirs 1954 – 2021” at a bookshop in Berlin, Germany on November 26, 2024. Merkel wrote “Freedom. Memories 1954-2021” with Beate Baumann, who was her chief of staff for many years. Cuneyt Karadag / Anadolu/ABACAPRESS.COM

26 November 2024, Berlin: A display with international editions of the book "Freiheit. Memories 1954 - 2021" by former Chancellor Angela Merkel is on display in the Dussmann cultural department store in Berlin's Friedrichstraße. The memoirs, written together with her long-time office manager Beate Baumann and entitled "Freiheit. Memories 1954 - 2021", is published in over 30 countries worldwide. The book comprises around 730 pages. Photo: Leonie Asendorpf/dpa

26 November 2024, Berlin: A display stand with copies of the book "Freiheit. Memories 1954 - 2021" by former Chancellor Angela Merkel stands in the Dussmann cultural department store in Berlin's Friedrichstraße. The memoirs, written together with her long-time office manager Beate Baumann and entitled "Freiheit. Memories 1954 - 2021", is published in over 30 countries worldwide. The book comprises around 730 pages. Photo: Leonie Asendorpf/dpa

26 November 2024, Berlin: A poster for the new book "Freiheit. Memories 1954 - 2021" by former Chancellor Angela Merkel hangs in the cultural department store Dussmann in Berlin's Friedrichstraße. The memoirs, written together with her long-time office manager Beate Baumann and entitled "Freiheit. Memories 1954 - 2021", is published in over 30 countries worldwide. The book comprises around 730 pages. Photo: Leonie Asendorpf/dpa

26 November 2024, Berlin: A display stand with copies of the book "Freiheit. Memories 1954 - 2021" by former Chancellor Angela Merkel stands in the Dussmann cultural department store in Berlin's Friedrichstraße. The memoirs, written together with her long-time office manager Beate Baumann and entitled "Freiheit. Memories 1954 - 2021", is published in over 30 countries worldwide. The book comprises around 730 pages. Photo: Leonie Asendorpf/dpa

26 November 2024, Berlin: A display stand with copies of the book "Freiheit. Memories 1954 - 2021" by former Chancellor Angela Merkel stands in the Dussmann cultural department store in Berlin's Friedrichstraße. The memoirs, written together with her long-time office manager Beate Baumann and entitled "Freiheit. Memories 1954 - 2021", is published in over 30 countries worldwide. The book comprises around 730 pages. Photo: Leonie Asendorpf/dpa

26 November 2024, Berlin: A man leafs through an international edition of the book "Freiheit. Memories 1954 - 2021" by former Chancellor Angela Merkel in the Dussmann cultural department store in Berlin's Friedrichstraße. The memoirs, written together with her long-time office manager Beate Baumann and entitled "Freiheit. Memories 1954 - 2021", is published in over 30 countries worldwide. The book comprises around 730 pages. Photo: Leonie Asendorpf/dpa

26 November 2024, Berlin: A display stand with copies of the book "Freiheit. Memories 1954 - 2021" by former Chancellor Angela Merkel stands in the Dussmann cultural department store in Berlin's Friedrichstraße. The memoirs, written together with her long-time office manager Beate Baumann and entitled "Freiheit. Memories 1954 - 2021", is published in over 30 countries worldwide. The book comprises around 730 pages. Photo: Leonie Asendorpf/dpa