The Germans were grateful to her until the end of her fourth term, by bringing her to the zenith.
Despite the repeated crises she has faced, Angela Merkel's reign has been accompanied in Germany by sixteen years of stability and predictability.
Sunday evening, the Merkel era ended in uncertainty.
The Germans voted, but at the time of the results they still did not know which of the two - between the conservative Armin Laschet and the Social Democrat Olaf Scholz - would be the next chancellor, nor which coalition would lead Germany.
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Each of the two camps claimed victory for itself and affirmed its intention to form a coalition.
In the German parliamentary system, the candidate able to muster a majority becomes chancellor - and not necessarily the one who wins on election night.
Germany engaged Sunday evening in complex negotiations.
Long negotiations will then be necessary in the coming months to
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