Merkel stops at the CDU

UPDATE- German chancellor Angela Merkel stops after eighteen years as chairman of her conservative CDU party.

After again a sensitive loss at federal elections, yesterday in Hessen, Merkel today opted for the flight forward. The most powerful politician in Europe gives the basis for her power, the presidency of the Christian Democratic CDU. As a result, her position as Chancellor of the strongest economic EU Member State is also strongly crumbling.