END OF ERA: Merkel Won't Seek Reelection; Will Leave Party Role..
German chancellor Angela Merkel will not seek re-election in 2021
Chancellor also tells Christian Democrats she will not seek re-election as party chairwoman in December
Angela Merkel has announced she will not seek another term as German chancellor when her mandate finishes in 2021, ending more than a decade in which she has dominated European politics.
Speaking after disastrous regional elections in Hesse and Bavaria for her Christian Democrats and its Bavaria-only sister party, Merkel said she saw the results as a “clear signal that things can’t go on as they are”.
She said she would not stand as party leader at the CDU conference in December and at the next elections in 2021 she would not seek another term as chancellor, announcing her complete withdrawal from politics after that date.
Merkel said national politics had had a regrettable negative influence on the results in Hesse, calling them “disappointing and bitter”
https ://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/29/angela-merkel-wont-seek-re-election-as-cdu-party-leader