Angela Merkel, the world's second most powerful person according to a Forbes 2016 ranking, is set to run for her 4th term as Germany's chancellor, according to a senior politician from her party- the Christian Democratic Union.
"She will run for
Chancellor," Norbert Roettgen said on Tuesday on CNN's
"Amanpour."
"She is absolutely
determined, willing, and ready to contribute to strengthen the international
liberal order. But we can't see the Chancellor or Germany as last man
standing."
"The Chancellor is a
cornerstone of this political concept of the West as acting as a global player.
So she will run, and she will act as a responsible leader," Roettgen said.
"But it would be
impossible to rely only on one person. We need the West, and the West is
indispensable.
"And this of course
means fundamentally and indispensably also the participation and contribution
of the strongest part of the West, and this is the United States of
America."
Even though Merkel faces
some backlash over Germany's Syrian refugee policies that have seen hundreds of
thousands of refugees flock into the country, she remains favorite to win the
election if she runs for fourth term as Germans want some stability in
government following Donald Trump's U.S election victory,the Brexit vote in
Britain and the rise of populist movements in Europe.
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