Angel Merkel will leave the post of German Chancellor after the mandate expires

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will leave his post after the mandate expired in 2021. This was reported by Reuters with reference to its words. Later, the politician spoke about this at a press conference in Berlin. Merkel has a permanently occupying the post of German Chancellor since 2005.

Merkel announced her unwillingness to re -elect to this position on Monday, October 29, at a meeting of the Presidium of the Party headed by her in Berlin, sources of Reuters and DPA agencies report.

On Monday, at the same meeting, she also announced the departure from the post of head of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.

According to Welt, the reason for this decision was the unsuccessful performance of the CDU in the land (regional) elections. On Sunday, in the elections in the Landtag of the Federal Land, the Hesse HDS scored 27 percent of the vote, having lost more than 11 percent compared to previous elections.

Two weeks ago, in Bavaria, the CDS partner, according to the ruling coalition, the Christian-social union suffered a crushing defeat, having lost the absolute majority in the Landtag, which he had for almost 50 years.

The federal chancellor is elected by the Bundestag for 4 years, the last time Merkel was elected in March this year. The following parliamentary elections in Germany are scheduled for 2021.

However, if they passed in October, the CDU/CSS coalition would have gained only 26 percent of the vote, the RTL/N-TV survey testifies . Worse, the "Christian Democratic Union" performed in the elections only in 1949, when he scored a little more than 25 percent of the vote.