I’ve heard such ‘huff and puff’ statements before about Merkel. Just three weeks ago, the Daily Mail said she would likely be replaced within a week. Didn’t happen.
Her money source will have to dry up first. It’s clear Angela doesn’t give a hoot what her citizens think of her. The approval of her public has never been the issue.
If Brexit , Itaxit (Italy) and Czechit (Hungarian Region) keep going forward, Germany will be left holding even more of the financial burden of this EU experiment.