BERLIN, Dec 3 Angela Merkel will step down as German Chancellor after the election of new Chancellor Olaf Scholz, which is tentatively scheduled for December 8, the official representative of the German government Steffen Seibert said at a briefing. , no other chancellor, no shadow chancellor (there will be no — ed.). Madam Chancellor, as she already stated, then intends to leave political work, «Seibert said. He added that earlier Merkel had repeatedly and publicly talked about leaving politics, that «she has not wanted to participate in events for months.»
