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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2934/d775ed3e-72e2-4c8f-a711-41b5cfb69cfb_hq.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='German Chancellor Merkel to Step Down in 2021' data-article-id='3477'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='10042'>Germany&rsquo;s Angela Merkel says she will not seek a fifth term as chancellor in 2021.</span> <span data-start-time='10042' data-end-time='26229'>In an announcement on Monday, Merkel also said she would step down as leader of her conservative Christian Democratic Union, or CDU party, in December.</span> <span data-start-time='26229' data-end-time='35417'>Merkel, who is 64, has served as chancellor since 2005.</span> <span data-start-time='35417' data-end-time='40479'>She has led the CDU since 2000.</span> <span data-start-time='40479' data-end-time='52792'>Her decision to step down as party leader came after the CDU suffered setbacks in local elections in recent weeks.</span> <span data-start-time='52792' data-end-time='62979'>Merkel currently leads Germany as part of a &ldquo;grand coalition&rdquo; of the country&rsquo;s biggest political parties.</span> <span data-start-time='62979' data-end-time='74771'>These include the CDU and its partner in the southern state of Bavaria, the Christian Social Union, or CSU.</span> <span data-start-time='74771' data-end-time='83750'>The center-left Social Democratic Party, or SPD, is also part of the coalition.</span> <span data-start-time='83750' data-end-time='94125'>Her current coalition began its leadership in March after six months of difficult political negotiations.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2934/7CCA25F8-90EC-4C72-A809-BF49B49C68D9_cx0_cy5_cw0_w1023_r1_s.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=11842 data-hint-location='40479' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2934/what_is_a_setback.wav'>What is a setback?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='a problem that makes something happen later or slower than it should'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2934/a_grocery_bag.wav'><span>a grocery bag</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2934/a_brand_of_food.wav'><span>a brand of food</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2934/a_problem_that_makes_something_happen_later_or_slower_than_it_should.wav'><span>a problem that makes something happen later or slower than it should</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2934/a_model_of_car.wav'><span>a model of car</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=11843 data-hint-location='26229' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2934/merkel_who_is_64_has_served_as_what_since_2005.wav'>Merkel, who is 64, has served as what since 2005?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='chancellor'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2934/chancellor.wav'><span>chancellor</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2934/president.wav'><span>president</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2934/queen.wav'><span>queen</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2934/lawyer.wav'><span>lawyer</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=11844 data-hint-location='83750' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2934/her_current_coalition_began_its_leadership_in_march_after_six_months_of_difficult_political__blank_.wav'>Her current coalition began its leadership in March after six months of difficult political <span class='blank'>negotiations</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='negotiations'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2934/showers.wav'><span>showers</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2934/silences.wav'><span>silences</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2934/wars.wav'><span>wars</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2934/negotiations.wav'><span>negotiations</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>

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