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The German Christian Democrat Party, CDU, President and Chancellor Angela Merkel attend the party leaders' meeting in Berlin on Monday 29 October 2018. (Kay Nietfeld / dpa via AP) (Associated Press)
BERLIN – The political news in Germany after the parliamentary elections in Hessen (local time):
24:15
Angela Merkel reportedly told the leaders of her conservative party that this would be her last term as German Chancellor.
The DPA news agency, citing unidentified sources, reported Monday that his remarks came as Merkel had met with his party's leaders following the elections in the state of Hesse, during which his party, the Christian Democratic Union, had lost a lot of ground.
It was widely believed that this would be Merkel's last term as chancellor, but before the reported statements, she had not confirmed it herself. The current legislature ends at the end of 2021.
Earlier in the meeting, she told party members that she would not run for the party leadership at a conference in December.
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A conservative and often clumsy ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, it is unfortunate that she is considering withdrawing from her party's presidency.
Interior Minister Horst Seehofer heads the Christian-Social Union, Merkel's only party related to Bavaria's Christian Democratic Union. He quarreled with her for three years about Merkel's initially welcoming approach to migrants. In June, a dispute between the two men over the decision to return migrants to the German-Austrian border was about to overthrow his government.
Seehofer said on Monday that "it's a shame" that Merkel is considering resigning from the leadership of the CDU, although she intends to remain Chancellor. He insisted that their relationship had been marked by "mutual respect".
The future of Seehofer is questioned after a bad performance of its CSU in a recent election in Bavaria.
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10:30
Angela Merkel reportedly told her conservative party that she was ready to step down from her leadership position but remained German Chancellor.
The dpa news agency quoted Monday sources unidentified in its report, according to which the leadership of Merkel's party met following a national election in which his conservative Christian Democratic party and its political partners national government, the center-left Social Democrats have lost much ground. The mainstream daily Bild reported, quoting sources to the CDU leadership, that Merkel had declared that she would no longer represent herself at the party leadership.
Merkel's predecessor, Gerhard Schroeder, stepped down as president of his party in 2004 but remained chancellor.
Merkel has been leading the CDU since 2000 and has been the German leader since 2005. The CDU is due to hold a conference in December during which the party leadership needs to renew itself.
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8:40
Chancellor Angela Merkel and her coalition partners reflect on the implications of a German regional election in which voters have punished ruling parties for months of infighting.
In Sunday's election in the central state of Hesse, Merkel's conservative Christian Democrat Union and the center-left Social Democrats lost ground, while the Greens and the Alternative of extreme right were gaining ground. Merkel's CDU ended up saving a small majority of its regional government coalition with the Greens.
On Monday, attention focused on the future of Merkel's national "grand coalition" of Germany's largest traditional parties, as well as the Chancellor herself. Social Democrat leader Andrea Nahles on Sunday called for "a clear and binding timetable" for the implementation of government projects before the coalition faces an agreed mid-term review in autumn next.
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