Europe

Angela Merkel to step down as German chancellor after 30yrs in office

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6 years ago

October 30, 2018

Kayode Adelowokan - New York & Agency Report

Germany’s Angela Merkel has said she will step down as chancellor in 2021, following recent election setbacks.

Angela Dorothea Merkel has been German Chancellor since 2005 and leader of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since 2000.

Merkel, disclosed this at a news conference in Berlin on Tuesday.

“I will not be seeking any political post after my term ends,” she mentioned.

She also said she would not seek re-election as leader of the centre-right CDU party in December.

The CDU was severely weakened in Sunday’s poll in the state of Hesse, the latest in a series of setbacks.

Both the CDU and its national coalition partners, the Social Democrats, were 10 percentage points down on the previous poll there.

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