After months of feverish speculation, she told leaders of her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) that she was prepared to carry the party banner into the poll, expected in September or October 2017.
Merkele, kura svētdienas vakarā sasaukusi preses konferenci, par savu lēmumu paziņojusi kristīgo demokrātu (CDU) sanāksmē, ziņo mediji.