Merkel will resign as head of the CDU party

German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that she will leave the post of head of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party after poor results in elections to the parliament of the federal state of Hesse.

It is reported by Bloomberg . Merkel has already told the party leadership that she will not run for chairmanship in December. However, she intends to keep the post of Chancellor.

In the elections in Hesse, the CDU received 27%, and the Social Democrats, which are part of the ruling coalition with it, received 19.8%. In the previous elections in 2013, the CDU and the SPD received 38.3% and 30.7% respectively. Two weeks ago, in the elections in Bavaria, the Christian Social Union, which is also part of the governing coalition at the federal level, lost its absolute majority.