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Three lives transformed by Merkel: Constantina Kuneva, Athens cleaner turned MEP / V000_9MK9F8
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In her 16 years in power, Chancellor Angela Merkel took a leading role not only in charting Germany's course but influencing the path taken by Europe too.
AFP has spoken to three people whose lives were upended by three of Merkel's most significant policy decisions.
Once a cleaner struggling to fight for the rights of others like her, Constantina Kuneva may never have set her sights on a seat in the EU's parliament had she not been provoked into action by the painful austerity prescribed to Athens during the EU debt crisis. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES of Constantina Kuneva, Athens cleaner turned MEP