… 2018 and wouldn’t seek reelection as chancellor in 2021. The 2018 setbacks were preceded by significant losses … coalition” likewise dropped, from 25.7 percent in 2013 to 20.5 percent, the lowest in any election since World War II. … percent, compared with 4.1 percent in 2013. Speaking the day after the vote in Hesse, Merkel said “the results are a …