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Merkel pledges to leave politics in 2021
By EUobserver
German chancellor Angela Merkel will leave politics when her current and fourth term in office ends in 2021. "I'll not be seeking any political post after my term ends," she said in Berlin Monday. Sources from her CDU party told the Reuters news agency she would not seek an EU top job after European elections next year either. Merkel also said she would stand down as CDU leader in December.