Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for the presentation of her memories in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. Book title reads "Freedom".

BERLIN (AP) -- Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel recalls Vladimir Putin's "power games" over the years, remembers contrasting meetings with Barack Obama and Donald Trump and says she asked herself whether she could have done more to prevent Brexit, in her memoirs published Tuesday.

Merkel, 70, appears to have no significant doubts about the major decisions of her 16 years as German leader, whose major challenges included the global financial crisis, Europe's debt crisis, the 2015-16 influx of refugees and the COVID-19 pandemic. True to form, her book -- titled "Freedom" -- offers a matter-of-fact account of her early life in communist East Germany and her later career in politics, laced with moments of dry wit.

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