Merkel stops at the CDU

berlin - UPDATE- German chancellor Angela Merkel stops after eighteen years as chairman of her conservative CDU party. She also does not stand as a chancellor after 2021 and she does not aspire to a position in Brussels, German media write. The search for possible successors at the DCU starts immediately; a former rival of Merkel is a candidate.

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.