… 2018 and wouldn’t seek reelection as chancellor in 2021. The 2018 setbacks were preceded by significant losses … Merkel’s famous “Wir schaffen das” statement in 2015, won 12.6 percent of the vote compared with 4.7 percent in 2013 … percent, compared with 4.1 percent in 2013. Speaking the day after the vote in Hesse, Merkel said “the results are a …