Merkel in the wind

Published on 3 October 2011

Angela Merkel, Germany's thrifty Chancellor, floats amidst the dangers of the eurozone crisis like the pig on the cover of Pink Floyd's Animals album above Battersea power station. On September 26, 35 years after the album's release, an inflatable replica of the animal floated in the skies over London.

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