… 2018 and wouldn’t seek reelection as chancellor in 2021. The 2018 setbacks were preceded by significant losses … step down from the leadership at some point before the 2021 election and wouldn’t be the CDU-CSU’s chancellor … elections. In Bavaria, the vote for the CSU dropped by 10.5 percentage points, from 47.7 percent in 2013 to 37.2 …