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Breaking News: Merkel Will Not Run For Party Leadership...
Nextrush Free ^ | 10/29/2018 | Nextrush/Self

Posted on 10/29/2018 5:09:09 AM PDT by Nextrush

"Der Spiegel" magazine reports that Angela Merkel is not running for re-election as leader of the Christian Democratic Union following yesterday's losses in the Hessian state election.

The CDU will hold its conference in December where a leadership election is planned.

There is a catch because she still wants to be Chancellor according to the German media.

She has apparently not given up the fight against opponents, but is trying to find a way to stay in power.

That is the sense of the situation for now.

Her move today comes after yesterday's dramatic losses for both her own CDU and its junior partner in government, the SPD (Social Democrats), in the Hessian state elections.

With state elections in eastern German states where the AfD (Alternative for Germany) has greater strength next year, plus the national elections looming, Merkel is being forced to scramble to stay in power.


TOPICS: Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: angelamerkel; germany; immigrants; migrants
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1 posted on 10/29/2018 5:09:09 AM PDT by Nextrush
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Sorry, Herr Merkel. You signaled weakness by that move. You put blood in the water. The political sharks will circle.

You’re done.


2 posted on 10/29/2018 5:12:42 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (The new Oldsmobiles are in early this year)
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To: Nextrush

Well, bye.


3 posted on 10/29/2018 5:15:50 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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You have to admit she is a hottie.


4 posted on 10/29/2018 5:26:07 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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She has done more harm to Germany and Europe than any one person since the 1930’s and ‘40’s.


5 posted on 10/29/2018 5:27:08 AM PDT by Sa-teef
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To: Nextrush

If I heard correctly, FOX said she decided not to run in 2021. If that’s true, this isn’t news for another three years.


6 posted on 10/29/2018 5:32:15 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (#NotARussianBot)
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To: Nextrush

I remember that not too long ago the MSM was proclaiming Merkel as the real leader of the Free World. That didn’t last long.


7 posted on 10/29/2018 5:33:41 AM PDT by jalisco555 ("In a Time of Universal Deceit Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act" - George Orwell)
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To: HombreSecreto
Sorry, Herr Merkel. You signaled weakness by that move. You put blood in the water. The political sharks will circle.

She made the mistake of serving more than two terms in an executive position. That never ends well.

8 posted on 10/29/2018 5:35:06 AM PDT by jalisco555 ("In a Time of Universal Deceit Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act" - George Orwell)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

She is playing a game, that is my sense of ultimately what is going on. She is stalling for time, trying to move the shells around and make people think this is a big thing.


9 posted on 10/29/2018 5:35:16 AM PDT by Spiridon
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To: Nextrush

Your use of FR to get hits on your blog is duly noted.

Your behaviour is not unlike leftwing perverts...and I suggest you return to your home at DU or HuffPo.


10 posted on 10/29/2018 5:35:33 AM PDT by newfreep ("INSIDE EVERY PROGRESSIVE IS A TOTALITARIAN SCREAMING TO GET OUT" @HOROWITZ39, DAVID HOROWITZ)
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11 posted on 10/29/2018 5:35:55 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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Merkel is like the captain of a ship that has run aground on a remote desert island. She wants to turn control of the ship over to somebody else, but still govern over the passengers and crew.


12 posted on 10/29/2018 5:39:13 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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Merkel is like the captain of a ship that has run aground on a remote desert island. She wants to turn control of the ship over to somebody else, but still govern over the passengers and crew.


13 posted on 10/29/2018 5:39:16 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: Nextrush

Bottonm line: She says she will not lead her party in a few years (lots of time to change that though) but she still wants to still lead her country as Chancellor. I expect the ploy will work just as she wants. Election after election in Germany we get breathless headlines about how much trouble Merkel is in, how her coalition is weakened, about how she might not hold on, yadda yadda yadda. And a month later she in firmly in power, doing whatever destructive things she wants and telling any who don’t like it to pound sand. Over and over and over. I expect that kabuki dance to continue through this election drama.


14 posted on 10/29/2018 6:04:20 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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Yea


15 posted on 10/29/2018 6:18:05 AM PDT by CPT Clay
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She pack her bags right now and go back to Russia


16 posted on 10/29/2018 7:19:00 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Nextrush

bye-bye red angie.


17 posted on 10/29/2018 7:26:15 AM PDT by meridenite
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To: Nextrush

Hahahaha. This stasi thug loses. Hahahaha.


18 posted on 10/29/2018 7:44:19 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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Ironically, Hitler if anything would actually be glad she’s no longer running, since while he has no problem with Socialism, he definitely doesn’t like Soviet controlled socialism, while Merkel was possibly for Soviet controlled socialism.

Still, very glad she’s no longer running. Now, let’s hope that Germany gets a Trump-like candidate running and in charge. It also needs a good solid fixing, get out of its Nazi PTSD for good (quite frankly, the hammering that the Germans were guilty of Naziism is probably the reason for the Syrian refugee crisis).


19 posted on 10/29/2018 7:53:57 AM PDT by otness_e
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I sure hope so. She would be number 2 on my list for most supreme evil person on earth just behind Soros.


20 posted on 10/29/2018 9:29:30 AM PDT by Sam Gamgee
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