She may not have a government to preside over yet, but incoming German Chancellor Angela Merkel has already been turned into a doll.
Dressed in a version of the blue trouser suit and pink T-shirt she wore on the tense election night of September 18, the baby-faced miniature Merkel is on sale for €189 (R1 480), its makers announced on Tuesday.
But with just 999 of the 46cm-high dolls being produced by the traditional German dollmaker Schildroet, buyers looking to commemorate the first woman chancellor in the country’s history cannot afford to wait long.
The real-life Merkel completed the line-up of her power-sharing government on Monday and has entered negotiations to work out a policy programme.
The new government is not expected to be in place until mid-November. — AFP