Angela Merkel enjoys making potato soup and baking plum cake with a crumbly, buttery topping. These are typical dishes in Germany during the autumn months, but she won’t have the time to prepare them any time soon. After the election, the chancellor is by no means finished with her duties. She will remain in office in a caretaker role until the new government is formed.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel enter the hall for a joint news conference following their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on Aug. 20, 2021.