German Chancellor and leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Angela Merkel leaves at the end of a press conference at the CDU headquarters on October 29, 2018 one day after the regional state elections in Hesse. – German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced she will not stand again as leader of her centre-right CDU, which she has chaired the CDU for 18 years, and step down as German chancellor when her mandate ends in 2021, making way for a successor following a series of regional vote defeats. (Photo by Markus HEINE / AFP)
Angela Merkel confirmó este lunes que renunciará a la presidencia de su partido de centro-derecha en diciembre y no será candidata a canciller de Alemania cuando finalice su cuarto mandato en 2021.
“Hoy es hora de abrir un nuevo capítulo”, dijo la canciller alemana después de meses de crisis gubernamental y un día después de un nuevo revés electoral en comicios regionales.
