Angela Merkel Announces She Will Run For A Fourth Term

German Chancellor, Angela Merkel has announced her intention to run for a fourth term in office. Her formal notice will be at the headquarters of her party, the Christian Democratic Union today ahead of next year’s General Elections.

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Angela Merkel

A migrant crisis, as well as domestic terror concerns, have seen the 62-year old’s popularity dip for the first time since 2005. Regardless of increasing dissatisfaction, analysts tip Merkel to comfortably win a fourth term in 2017.

In 2015, Merkel was named the ‘Time Person of the year’.