Germany's Angela Merkel threw her weight behind her embattled new defense m...
BERLIN - Germany’s Angela Merkel threw her weight behind her embattled new defense minister and heir-apparent on Friday, while insisting she herself was fit to carry on serving as chancellor through to the end of her term in 2021.
On jovial form before taking a summer break, the conservative chancellor said she understood the questions about her health, but told her annual news conference: “I can carry out this role.” Despite a series of gaffes this year, Kramp-Karrenbauer took over as defense minister on Wednesday, entering the cabinet in a move likely to make or break her chances of succeeding her mentor as Germany’s leader by 2021.
Merkel attributed a slowdown in Germany’s economy, Europe’s largest, to “uncertainty in global trading relationships” and said the government would try to stimulate domestic demand.
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