Chancellor Angela Merkel seeks 4th term
German chancellor Angela Merkel will seek a fourth term in office in next year鈥檚 federal parliamentary elections. She faces a tough campaign unlike any other she has fought in an 鈥渋ncreasingly polarised鈥� country, Merkel announced in Berlin. 鈥淭he decision [鈥 after 11 years in office is anything but trivial; neither for the country, or the party, nor 鈥� and I specifically say it in this order 鈥� for me personally,鈥� Merkel said at a press conference.
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