Angela Merkel has decided to seek a fourth term as German chancellor, less than two weeks after Donald Trump’s election in the US left her as the west’s pre-eminent defender of liberal values.
The announcement to stand again came days after meetings with world leaders that underscored Ms Merkel’s importance to an international order rocked by Mr Trump’s electoral victory, and the rise of populist and nationalist parties across Europe.
She announced her decision to seek re-election last night, ending months of speculation. She said that she had “thought endlessly” about whether to run again and described the decision as “anything but trivial, not for the country, for the party and for me personally”.
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