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“First of all, I have decided that I will do nothing. I will simply wait to see what will be”: Angela Merkel uses clear words to describe her future once she bid farewell to the chancellery after sixteen uninterrupted years at the helm of Germany, following the German elections of 26 September. Answering a question from the stage of the Schauspielhaus in Duesseldorf during a meeting with the Nigerian writer Chiamanda Ngozi Adichie, the chancellor – who had already confirmed for a long time her certain intention not to reapply for this tour – explained her ideas about to the future: “Sure, I got some invitations.
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