默克爾宣佈放棄連任 2021年將卸任總理

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said last Monday that she would not run again for chancellor in 2021 when the current term ends.

德國總理安格拉·默克爾上週一宣佈，本屆任期結束後，2021年她將不再參加總理競選。

Having served as chancellor for 13 years, Merkel told a press conference at the headquarters of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) that she will remain as chancellor for the remainder of the term.

已擔任德國總理13年的默克爾在基督教民主聯盟總部舉行的記者會上表示，自己將繼續幹滿本屆總理任期。

Merkel has been CDU chairwoman since 2000. She said she will not run again for CDU leadership at the party's next federal conference in Hamburg in December.

自2000年起默克爾就開始擔任基民盟黨主席。她表示，12月在漢堡召開的下屆基民盟全國黨代會上，她將不再參選黨主席。

Merkel added that she will not take any other political positions after the chancellorship.

默克爾還稱，總理任期結束後，她將不再擔任任何其他政治職位。

Her leadership began to wither since the 2015 European refugee crisis, when she welcomed over one million refugees to enter Germany, triggering the rise of right-populist politics and the fragmentation of the country's party politics.

自2015年歐洲難民危機爆發以來，默克爾的領導地位開始衰退。當時，她歡迎逾100萬難民進入德國，引發了右翼民粹主義政治的興起，並導致德國政黨政治分裂。

Merkel's announcement came after the state election in Hesse, in which the CDU's votes decreased by more than 10%, compared with the last election five years ago.

在默克爾宣佈上述決定前，黑森州舉行了州選舉，基民盟的得票率比5年前的上一次選舉低了逾10%。