Yes - she announced a few weeks ago she wasn’t going to run again (it was noted in the tweet as stepping down, but really was just not running after current term).
EU in Brussels is taking it as an opportunity to gain additional power and trying to influence who her successor is.
“Yes - she announced a few weeks ago she wasn’t going to run again (it was noted in the tweet as stepping down, but really was just not running after current term).”
Hi, and FYI:
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not run again as leader
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/german...
Oct 29, 2018 · German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not run again as leader “Angela Merkel knows quite clearly that she is living through the last months or through the last year of her chancellorship,” one...
Well, actually, it was October of 2018.