German Chancellor and leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Angela Merkel gestures as she speaks during 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 on Monday announced she will quit as German chancellor when her mandate ends in 2021, as she sought to draw a line under a series of political crises that have rocked her fragile coalition.
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