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.
So she completely destroys German and arguably Euro society and is now announcing that her work is finished...... now someone else can deal with the train wreck while she sips cognac in her dacha....
They play this game with Theresa May and Brexit all the time IMHO.
Pretending something is happening when its not.
Bye...It was NOT nice to know you.
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