Angela Merkel plans to give up her role as leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union party, Reuters reports, citing its senior sources within the CDU. According to the outlet, the German Chancellor, who has been chairwoman of the CDU for 18 years, has decided not to run again for the party leadership at a conference in early December.

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