Reports: Germany's Merkel ready to step down as party leader
BERLIN (AP) ” German Chancellor Angela Merkel told her conservative party on Monday that she’s ready to step down as party leader following a pair of state election debacles, but plans to stay on as chancellor for the rest of her government’s term, German media reported.Merkel also reportedly said that she won’t seek re-election to parliament after its current term ends, indicating that this will be her final term as chancellor ” something that had been widely assumed but that Merkel […]
