可以肯定的是，默克尔在基民盟的继任领导者可能不会紧密追随她的立场，并且可能向其与基督教社会联盟（基民盟在巴伐利亚州的姐妹党）和社会民主党组成的联合政府中注入更多的不稳定性。
To be sure, Merkel’s successor at the head of the CDU may not be closely aligned with her positions, and could inject more instability into the coalition government with the Christian Social Union (the CDU’s Bavaria-based sister party) and the Social Democrats (SPD).