Merkel expected to say on Sunday if she'll run for office in 2017: report

The report cited sources in the executive board of Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a news conference in Berlin, Germany, April 6, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is expected to announce on Sunday whether she will run for a fourth term in next year's federal election, the Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland media group said on Wednesday.

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The report cited sources in the executive board of Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU).


A spokesperson for the chancellery declined to comment when contacted by Reuters.

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At a regular government news conference earlier on Wednesday Steffen Seibert, Merkel's spokesperson, said the chancellor would make her intentions clear "at the appropriate time".

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