Merkel Steps Down as Party Leader as Election Setbacks Take Toll

“The image presented by the government is unacceptable,” Merkel said at a press conference in Berlin, a day after her party suffered its latest setback in a regional election. It took her six months to piece together a coalition which has been riven by infighting and suffered losses in regional ballots in Bavaria and, on Sunday, Hesse. If Merkel can install her ally Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, that may buy her enough time to leave on her own terms.

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