Just over a year ago, the New York Times was calling Angela Merkel “the reluctant leader of the west”. Now Ms Merkel is on her way out as the leader of Germany. Her decision to stand down as chair of the Christian Democratic Union sets up a battle for the leadership of the German centre-right. And although Ms Merkel plans to stay on as chancellor until 2021, the weakness of her governing coalition means that it is also possible she will be out of the top job within months.
就在一年多之前，《紐約時報》(New York Times)還把安格拉•梅克爾(Angela Merkel)稱爲「不願領頭的西方領袖」。而如今，默克爾將會連德國領導人都不是。她決定不尋求連任基督教民主聯盟黨（CDU，簡稱：基民盟）主席一職，這將引發一場德國中右翼領導人的爭奪戰。儘管默克爾計劃留任總理職務至2021年，但其執政聯盟的弱勢意味著，她也有可能在幾個月內失去最高領導職位。
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