Merkel, Person of the Year
New York, NY: Aviation Week named Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, as its 2012 Person of the Year in a cover story published last week in Aviation Week & Space Technology. As Europe’s most powerful leader and having the most impact on aerospace in 2012, she had blocked the $45 billion merger between European Aeronautics Defence & Space Company (EADS) and Britain’s BAE Systems (BAE), successfully devastating the deal. A key influence in the aerospace industry, Merkel has revolutionized the very arc of Europe’s largest aerospace and defense company and disallowed change of the industrial landscape.
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