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Date of next German election set for September 2021
By EUobserver
The German government agreed on Wednesday on 26 September 2021 as the next national election date, which will see Angela Merkel step down after 16 years in power. President Frank-Walter Steinmeier must still give official approval. A winner in the bitter battle to lead Merkel's Christian Democratic Union party into the elections is planned to be decided in mid-January.