by Arneb » Mon Oct 29, 2018 10:28 am
She intends to stay on as Chancellor - it is unclear how long, as she always maintained the party presidency and the chancellorship should be in one hand (not doing this was, in her opnion, the principal mistake her predecessor, Gerhard Schröder, made in 2005). By that logic, it is likely she is preparing to leave for the half-time mark of the current legislature. I don't know if she wants to suffer the indignity of being a lame duck for three years. OTOH, she is on track for the 16 year chancellorship record of Helmut Kohl's, and she would just love to trump him on that one. One thing, however, is completely clear: She won't seek antother term in 2021.
So, enough time to kick people where it hurts. But her reign is definitely winding down. And I have to give it to her, she is doing it on her own terms. That at least is definitley a first in the history of our Republic.
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