Angela Merkel's departure opens revolving doors

Chancellor Angela Merkel does not plan to travel abroad in the remaining four months of the legislature, a decision that aborts the bilateral summit with Spain that the Pedro Sánchez government was trying to create before the German leader withdrew from politics. Merkel will not make an international farewell tour and she is not expected to participate in the autumn election campaign to support her party.

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