Daily Mail: The end of Merkel: German chancellor says she will step down when current term ends in 2021 and admits her government has lost credibility following latest election humiliation
* Angela Merkel will not seek reelection as Chancellor in 2021, party source says
* News comes after she announced she will quit as party leader in December
* Moves spell the end of her career after a decade at the top of German politics
* Comes as her coalition haemorrhages support in the wake of the migrant crisis
Angela Merkel has said she will stand down as German Chancellor when her current term comes to an end in 2021.
Merkel, who has held the office since 2005, said her government had lost credibility after a bruising election result in Hesse at the weekend, which saw the CDU emerge victorious but drop almost 11 points at the polls.
She will also quit as leader of the CDU, a post she has held since 2000, in the coming days, with a new leader due to be elected at party conference in December.
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