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Fake Merkel in Twitter Schock!

Leslie, AndreMay 14, 2012

There's been a bit of a storm online this past week, following the worldwide shutdown - and then re-opening - of a popular Twitter account called Angela_D_Merkel (after our dear leader, the German Chancellor of course). The account had over 26,000 followers and was well known for dry one-liners about European affairs. It's now been forced to become @Queen_Europe but will it last?

https://p.dw.com/p/14vBG

Report: André Leslie, Bonn