Merkel tells party ready to seek fourth term as chancellor

yahoo.com ^ | November 20, 2016 | Deborah Cole

[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.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Merkel doesn't do slogans. She does a diamond thing with her hands.

[Berlin_Freeper]

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[MIchaelTArchangel]

Why would anyone want to be a chancel whore?

[shanover]

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.

[DoughtyOne]

M    I   E   S  R  L K  A E  M  L
RIGHT OUT IN THE OPEN FOR ALL TO SEE

[HomerBohn]

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

[ohioman]

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.

[dfwgator]

Of course the Germans have never been know their ability to select good leaders.

With the exception of Konrad Adenauer, and Helmut Kohl.

[ohioman]

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

[dfwgator]

Well you did say “never.”

[I want the USA back]

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