Can Merkel hang on until 2021?
The shock decision to quit as CDU leader signals the beginning of the end for a chancellor who put her stamp on Europe and beyond
Germany’s Angela Merkel will quit as head of her Christian Democratic party and will not run for another term as chancellor, taking personal responsibility for the decline in support for the governing coalition.
“The image presented by the government is unacceptable,” Merkel said at a press conference in Berlin, a day after her party suffered its latest setback in a regional election. “With this decision, I am trying to do my part to ...
