Germany's Angela Merkel said on Thursday she would be unavailable for any f...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte arrive for a news conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, May 16, 2019. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
“I am not available for any further political office, regardless of where it is - including in Europe,” Merkel told a joint news conference with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte. She made clear at the news conference that she saw it as her responsibility to promote Europe in her job as chancellor rather than in a future position.
In December, she then handed over the leadership of her Christian Democratic Union to heir apparent Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer.
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