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Angela Merkel, German Chancellor, to step down in 2021
- alottafunchata 8y agoNot soon enough.
- jasonvorhe 8y agoWhat a wonderfully informative post, thank you.
- dang 8y agoPlease don't reply to an egregious comment. Instead, flag it and move on. This is in the site guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- Iwan-Zotow 8y agoPutin is forever!
- LeanderK 8y agoAs a german student, i don't really remember the time before merkel. I was 5 years old when Merkel took the CDU-chair. It's really the end of an era. I have always wondered how merkel can do such a hard job for so long. She is 64 and looks very healthy.
- fgheorghe 8y agoI ask myself the same about Putin, and other long term “dear leaders”. I suppose an even deeper question is, does she realise she destroyed Europe?
- jobigoud 8y agoThe previous one, Gerhard Schröder, is still alive. The one before was Helmut Kohl and we are already back to 1982! I want to see a list of all countries sorted by the number of their former presidents that are still alive. Could be an interesting metric coupling democracy and longevity.
- Koshkin 8y ago"2021 is a [wonderful|interesting|prime?|...] number." - That's hacker news.
- garbled 8y agoShe spread her legs open for the garbage of the world wanting to turn Europe into the dysgenic trash heap that is America. Good riddance traitor.