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German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she'll seek another term in the office she's held since 2005, holding a news conference Sunday that ends speculation at a time of intense change in the European Union.

Merkel, 62, made it official in a news conference held by her party, the Christian Democratic Union.


"I told the CDU that I was ready to stand again," she said," according to 

. "This election will be even more difficult than those we have had before as we are facing a strong polarization."
Those words echo 

, when President Obama paid his final visit both to Germany, the country he visited as a candidate, and to Merkel, the only leader of a major Western power who was in office when Obama was elected.


Merkel and Obama spoke about the need to find unity, and to reach those who've been marginalized by political and economic change.

The sentiment exists both in Germany and beyond — and it's up to world leaders to answer the question, she said.

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"This election will be even more difficult than those we have had before as we are facing a strong polarization," says Chancellor Merkel, 62.

Germany's Angela Merkel to run for fourth term in 2017

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