Angela Merkel, 64, spoke to parliament in her first speech since announcing it would be her last term as Chancellor of Germany.
She discussed the feredal budget at the Bundestag in Berlin, as well as touching upon the UN migration issues and Brexit.
Body language expert Judi James revealed to Express.co.uk what her body language revealed about herself.
Merkel revealed she was suffering “emotional distress” in relation to the UK leaving the EU in regards to Brexit.
Judi explained how the politician will often show “polite friendliness” in her body language, until she is pushed into being “ruthless”.
When discussing the future of the relationship between Britain and Germany, Judi revealed: “With her arms pulled tight into her torso and her shoulders hunched around her praying hands gesture Merkel signals what looks like a cautious and tip-toeing approach to Brexit and seems to be almost praying for calm.
“Her signature hand gestures are either the ‘invisible brick’ open hands of evaluation and control or a forward steeple precision gesture to imply precise thinking over problems.
“Turning that steeple into a pleading, praying hand gesture though suggests she’s quietly desperate to find some sort of solution or compromise.
“Her partial hunch here also involves a poking out of the chin, which again suggests a desire for agreement and solutions.”
During one part of the speech, Merkel’s “finger-poke” revealed her strong desire to “lay down the law”.
Judi explained: “She retains the rather hunched body pose here though, making the authoritative finger stubbing rather incongruent as it would form more of a comprehensive impression of dominance if she were pulled upright with her head held higher.
“Nevertheless the gesture should still be viewed as a desire to get her point across and to register her authority.”
Merkel’s facial expression at times was “sad and her head tilted,” which suggested a mixture of ”sad emotions with authority”.
“Overall her stance seems to be that of an unhappy or disappointed parent who will register their authority if necessary, albeit reluctantly,” added Judi.
The German Chancellor also warned that Germany would back an agreement with Spain to vote against the UK’s draft Brexit proposal.
If Gibraltar left the EY along with the UK, as proposed in the document, then it would be rebutted.
She said: “We know how difficult the discussions are in Britain, but I can say for Germany that we will agree to this exit agreement.”
However, she did confirm the country would want to have a “good relationship with Britain in the future”.