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Merkel tells party ready to seek fourth term as chancellor
yahoo.com ^ | November 20, 2016 | Deborah Cole

Posted on 11/20/2016 11:37:45 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper

Berlin (AFP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel told her party Sunday she will seek re-election next year, a move likely to be welcomed in many capitals as a sign of stability following poll triumphs for Brexit and Donald Trump.

After months of feverish speculation, Merkel announced at a meeting with other leaders of her conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) that she would run for a fourth term, a decision they met with thunderous applause, party sources told AFP.

Merkel, 62, has governed Europe's top economic power, which does not have term limits, since 2005. She is due to hold a news conference at 1800 GMT Sunday.

Another full four-year mandate, which pollsters say she is likely to win, would tie the post-war record set by her mentor Helmut Kohl, who presided over the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: angelamerkel; cdu; chancellor; german; germany; merkel
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To: Lurkinanloomin
Merkel doesn't do slogans. She does a diamond thing with her hands.
21 posted on 11/20/2016 12:28:04 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Nov 19, 2016
What is Merkel trying to tell May as she uses ‘SECRET ILLUMINATI SIGN' at key world talks?
22 posted on 11/20/2016 12:34:10 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Why would anyone want to be a chancel whore?


23 posted on 11/20/2016 12:36:37 PM PST by MIchaelTArchangel (Buck Ofama!)
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To: dfwgator
What’s sad is, if she did lose, most likely what would replace her would be even worse. Germany doesn’t really have a viable alternative as of now.

Absolutely correct. I think the German population is close to cultural death. Merkel is considered "conservative" in German political definition. She is an old hag Stasi raised from the ashes of WWII under Soviet rule. Those who want reform, end to immigration and return to cultural sanity are labeled Riht-Wing (aka Nazi). World War II destroyed the German alpha male and the county's heart and soul from Hitler to the occupation by allied forces. The German women are enamored with liberal emotion and immigration of the sand colonists.

24 posted on 11/20/2016 12:40:16 PM PST by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
M    I   E   S  R  L K  A E  M  L
RIGHT OUT IN THE OPEN FOR ALL TO SEE

25 posted on 11/20/2016 12:48:17 PM PST by DoughtyOne (jcon40, "Are we be coming into the age of Sanity?")
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To: Berlin_Freeper

A vote for Merkel is a vote for a neighbor who will gladly slit your throat!


26 posted on 11/20/2016 1:01:12 PM PST by HomerBohn
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To: dfwgator

That chick from the AFD party would be a good choice. However, I think there are too many idiots who won’t vote for her in der Fatherland. Of course the Germans have never been know their ability to select good leaders.


27 posted on 11/20/2016 1:34:51 PM PST by ohioman
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To: ohioman
Of course the Germans have never been know their ability to select good leaders.

With the exception of Konrad Adenauer, and Helmut Kohl.

28 posted on 11/20/2016 1:35:37 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

True. But that was a long time ago. Merkel will end up being in power longer than Hitler = another disaster for Germany.


29 posted on 11/20/2016 1:38:02 PM PST by ohioman
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To: ohioman

Well you did say “never.”


30 posted on 11/20/2016 1:38:28 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Bye bye murkie. Go live in a muzzard country and see what it is that you have unleashed on Germany.


31 posted on 11/20/2016 1:53:39 PM PST by I want the USA back (Freedom of speech: an illusion that Americans hold fast to, although it disappeared decades ago.)
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