18:51, 29 October 2018 | GMT +5
Germany's Merkel to step down as party leader, not seek re-election in 2021
ASTANA. KAZINFORM German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday announced she would not seek re-election at the end of her current mandate in 2021, EFE reports.

She also confirmed at a Berlin press conference that she would not run for election as head of her Christian Democratic Union party, the center-right outfit she has led since 2000.