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Angela Merkel is Chancellor and wants to remain happy until the next regular election in the fall of 2021. The fact that she is no longer CDU chairman makes Merkel noticeably easier; she even keeps out of the election campaigns - the Chancellor alone feels responsible for government policy. For example, the German EU Council Presidency is due in the second half of 2020. Merkel has started for this legislative term - so that she leaves prematurely from office, there would have to be serious reasons in her view.

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