… 2018 and wouldn’t seek reelection as chancellor in 2021. The 2018 setbacks were preceded by significant losses … percent, compared with 4.1 percent in 2013. Speaking the day after the vote in Hesse, Merkel said “the results are a … at 35-37 percent, the Greens at 18-20 percent, the SPD at 14-15 percent, and the FDP at 7-8 percent, is the most likely …