Angela Merkel MOSCOW, January 19 Vladislav Belov, Deputy Director of the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ph.D. that his German colleague shared with him an assumption about the possible departure of ex-Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel to the United States in order to continue her husband's scientific career. Merkel has been married for more than 20 years to a chemistry professor, Dr. Joachim Sauer, who works at the Humboldt University of Berlin.< img src="/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/8b8ba7b570559d1ec5f643464ab01180.jpg" />Merkel refused to work at the UN «One of our colleagues in Germany suggests that even, perhaps, (Merkel — ed.) Will leave with her husband for the (United) States, where he can continue his scientific career as a talented chemist,» Belov said at a press conference in the press center of the MIA «Russia Today». According to him, Merkel gave 30 years of her life to politics. «I think that for some time she will … take care of her family, what she finds interesting … read, relax,» the expert noted. On December 8, 2021, the era of German Chancellor Angela Merkel officially ended, which spent This post is 16 years old. She decided not to be re-elected for another term and leave politics. Last year, Merkel's «mother» as she is often referred to in the media, turned 67, which is retirement age in Germany. It was indicated that after leaving office, she was entitled to a pension of about 15 thousand euros. She was left with an office manager, a secretary and a personal driver. her apartment in the center of Berlin, where she lived not only all the years of her chancellorship, but even before that, her family also has a small country house. Earlier, RIA Novosti experts suggested that Merkel could go to work after her resignation, for example, take a post in international structures, charitable and non-profit foundations, social initiatives, but the scientific career of Merkel, who defended her doctoral dissertation in physics and worked at the Academy of Sciences of the GDR, is unlikely to be continued. At least at the University of Leipzig, which has not been named after Karl Marx for a long time, RIA Novosti stated that they did not plan to hire their famous graduate.
