Merkel was groomed. By the WTS. They have mega interests in Germany.
One point is certainly that JW have a well reputation in Germany because of the conscientious objectors in WW2. This plays a role like credit or premature prize in any law cases. The process of legal institutionalisation of JW is on a good way in many german provinces also.
Germany Courts Recognize Conventions of Jehovah’s Witnesses as Religious Holidays
Since the 1990s, German courts have repeatedly denied the request of the Jehovah's Witnesses to become a corporate body under public law for various reasons, one of them being that JW would discourage their members from taking part in state elections, and would not respect the Grundgesetz. (basic law)
In March 2005, Jehovah's Witnesses were granted the status of a body of public law for the state of Berlin, on the grounds that the alleged lack of fidelity towards the state had not been convincingly proven. The decision on the group's status in Berlin was upheld by the Federal Administrative Court in 2006. In subsequent years, corresponding decisions were made in 12 other states. In the states of Baden-Württemberg, and Bremen, the group was denied the status in 2011.
Due to their status of corporate body under public law (in some states), Jehovah's Witnesses in 2010 filed a complaint for broadcasting time at Germany's international broadcaster, Deutsche Welle
Concerning the issue of blood transfusions, the Federal Constitutional Court has held that transfusing blood to an unconscious JW violated the person's will, but did not constitute a "battery" ???? Source: wikipedia
Decision of the German Federal Constitutional Court: [3] BVerfG, 1 BvR 618/93https://www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de/SharedDocs/Entscheidungen/DE/2001/08/rk20010802_1bvr061893.html
German decision in a case of a woman Jehovas witness who got transfusion while her husband had custody for her.
The freedom to exercise religious freedom is not subject to the limitations of Art. 2 (1) and (2) Basic Law. However, it is not granted without restriction. It proceeds from man as a self-responsible personality, which unfolds freely within the social community. This connection also makes the basic right of Article 4 (2) GG accessible to certain extreme limits, which, however, can only be determined by the Constitution itself (see BVerfGE 32, 98 <107 f.)
