Merkel insists she intends to stay in power until 2021
Angela Merkel said she intends to stay in power until 2021, the end of the legislative period, as long as the Social Democrats (SPD) are on board. "I am one of those people who sticks to what they promise," Merkel said in a TV interview with broadcaster ZDF on Sunday, Politico reported.
The source reminds that Merkel's CDU/CSU bloc reached a deal for a new government with the SPD on Wednesday, setting the stage for a fourth term as chancellor for Merkel, but the SPD's 463,000 party members must still sign off on the pact in a special ballot.
If the Social Democrats' members do not vote to back the coalition deal and Germany is forced to hold a new election, Merkel said she does not rule out again seeking another term as chancellor.