上个月，默克尔宣布自己不会再寻求连任总理，并且将在今年年底辞去基督教民主联盟（简称基民盟）的领导职务。
Last month, Merkel announced that she would not be seeking another term as chancellor, and that at the end of this year, she would step down as leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).