Merkel says Germany is 'stronger than terrorism' in new year message

The chancellor will promise Germans ‘security in freedom’ and reaffirm that the country is ‘considerate and open’Germany’s chancellor, Angela Merkel, will use her new year message to tell Germans that their country is stronger than terrorism and the government will do everything to ensure “security in freedom”.Merkel is expected to say in her annual televised address, to be broadcast on Saturday, that 2016 has been “a year of severe tests”,