Like the name he is a ship to everyone around him to get away from there problems. He is some one you can rely on, a shoulder to cry and always there for you.
A naive person who makes irrational, impulsive decisions without thinking through the consequences. Someone who wants to undo all the good work of their patriotic predecessors.
An individual in high authority who acts irresponsibly e.g. Like a teenager who invites everyone to her house party on social media. They have a great party but in the cold sober light of the next day, the gatecrashers have wrecked her parents house. A Merkelist will do this with a whole country, or even worse, an entire Union of countries!
The policies of that party are going to bring havoc to this country, their leadermust be a Merkelist.
Describes a double-standard, where elected officials do not care about civil rights violations concerning ordinary citizens, but scandalize similar violations when they happen to them.
"It's equally if not more concerning that we're seeing another 'Merkel Effect,' where an elected official does not care at all that the rights of millions of ordinary citizens are violated by our spies, but suddenly it's a scandal when a politician finds out the same thing happens to them."