After Another Loss at the Polls, Merkel's Political Future Is Unclear
- German chancellor’s silence on running again raises doubts
- Fall party conventions seen as critical to her future
QuickTake: Angela Merkel's Vision of Europe
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Another week, another election defeat for Angela Merkel, and a familiar round of calls for the chancellor to acknowledge she’s to blame.
Each successive blow at the hands of the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany party piles pressure on Merkel to admit that her refugee policy of the past 12 months is leading her Christian Democratic Union ever further into the electoral desert. So far she’s refusing to back down, leading to speculation she may not contest federal elections due in 2017.