(Observer Network) According to Russian TV Today (RT) on October 26, German President Steinmeier officially removed Merkel from his position as prime minister on the 26th and praised the outgoing leader.
On October 26, 2021, Acting Prime Minister of Germany Angela Merkel received the "dismissal certificate" from President Frank Walter Steinmeier. Photo from Reuters
reported that on the 26th, Merkel officially resigned from her position that she had been in office for nearly 16 years. She has become the second longest-serving prime minister in German history and will continue to take the helm effectively until the new government is formed.
According to Observer Network, as the first female prime minister in German history, Merkel's term of office is only shorter than former Prime Minister Helmut Kohl's record. Kohl was called the "unified Prime Minister" for achieving the unification of East and West Germany during his tenure. He served as the German Chancellor from 1982 to 1998, with a term of 5,869 days.
If you want to catch up with Cole, Merkel needs to continue his position until December 2021. But Merkel, 67, did not run for re-election in a national vote on September 26 after four re-election.
Today's Russian TV station reported on the 26th that Merkel will serve as interim prime minister before the establishment of a new German government. Negotiations by the coalition government are expected to last until December.
26, at the official ceremony held at the Bellevue Palace in Berlin, President Steinmeier said that Merkel's rule was "one of the greatest periods in modern German history."
The president also said that it was Merkel's credit for not breaking up in Europe. During her reign, she defined Germany's image in the world and the image of an entire generation of young Germans. However, Steinmeier also said that Merkel did face many crises and challenges during his tenure.
Not everyone agrees with Merkel's previous decisions. Merkel's decision to accept more than one million immigrants and refugees in 2015, for example, has attracted severe criticism, including her own CDU members. Open policy has brought some disappointed conservatives to the German right-wing party (AfD), which has climbed in approval ratings, while Merkel's CDU has been losing since then.
In addition, since April 2020, Merkel's severe lockdown measures and other epidemic prevention-related policies have not been accepted by some public.
Merkel-led CDU suffered a historic blow in the general election on September 26. Competitor Social Democrats stood out during this period. Merkel's chosen successor, , Armin Raschet, admitted that the CDU "needs to improve in all areas", and said he was ready to resign as chairman of the party.
Olaf Scholz profile picture. Source: Russian Satellite News Agency
Reuters reported that Olaf Scholz, who won the election, will replace Merkel as prime minister, and the SPD nominated health policy expert Baerbel Blas, replaced Wolfang Schaeuble as president of the Bundestag.
Bass is the third woman to serve as the House of Commonwealth since its founding in 1949. The third woman in this role. The report said the Bundestag has more women and minority members than before — although critics stress that it still does not reflect the wider composition of German society — and the top two female representatives in history.
Social Democrats hope to form a coalition government with the Greens and Liberal Democrats by December 6, which will overthrow the conservatives after Merkel's 16 years in power.
Social Democrats, Greens and Liberal Democrats describe their alliance as a new starting point for Germany and will focus on modernization and addressing climate change in Europe's largest economy.
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