Apparently, she hasn't been paying attention that well. Germany has been polarized for about a century now. To think otherwise is just ignorant. Note: I'm not calling everyone ignorant, but those people that are familiar with the region and think that everything is going just peachy.[/quote][/quote]“Frankly speaking, the country I have the honor to represent and where I am chancellor has difficulties. And polarization is something that we see in our country as well, which we haven’t had for decades,” Merkel said at Davos.