party leader she launched the woman into an office of party secretary general and it didn't come conboy who now succeeds in that very role clearly that was the tension although she never said it in as many words and the question now is when she will choose a segue out of her role as chancellor legacy is of uniting the party one could say almost for better or for was rallying the party of around ideas but also. basically ruling from the top asking her party to follow her because that's the overarching figure she was self became in the end and that's why we saw policy turnarounds ranging from the double turnaround on nuclear energy fighting the fukushima disaster very lonely decisions she took without really checking all of the party backing there down to that what became known as the migration crisis what became also known as the open arms policy of not closing the borders it was very little consideration of criticism within her own party in that event she also led to that criticism that she's seed in recent years particularly in recent months that so will lose control over processes. th

violating sanctions on iran the arrest of brad lingual markets and after any video of a soccer crazy op conboy went viral his dream came true when he met his idol you know messi or two years later he's the face of afghans who've lost everything to the taleban. thank you so much for your company everyone. an era is drawing to a close here in germany today a chance on america will step down as chair of her conservative c.d.u. party should continue as chancellor for the time being but on friday delegates at a party conference in hamburg will elect merkel's replacement as party. share and whoever wins will have a huge impact on the future of this country because that person taking over the reins could very well become the next chancellor let's take a step back now and take a look at merkel's eighteen years at the helm of the christian democrats. angela merkel's announcement in october came as a surprise europe's longest serving elected leader is aiming for something no modern day chancellor has managed before her controlled exit from politics. acted so i won't run again as party leader at the next