Merkel Offered UN Job after Stepping Down as Germany’s Chancellor

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres offered Angela Merkel her first job after stepping down as Germany’s Chancellor, DPA reported on Wednesday.

Citing sources in the organization, DPA revealed that Guterres called on Merkel to start working as a high-level advisor in the United Nations.

Guterres offered the job to Merkel through a letter, according to the sources. She hasn’t yet responded, but sources in the United Nations aren’t sure that she will accept it.

Merkel served as Chancellor of Germany for 16 years.

Last October, Merkel received a standing ovation from EU leaders, marking her final European summit after 16 years as the bloc’s most influential leader.

“You are a monument,” the convener of the summits, European Council chief Charles Michel, said according to an official in the room.

An EU summit “without Angela is like Rome without the Vatican or Paris without the Eiffel tower,” Michel added after Merkel’s 26 counterparts gave her a standing ovation.

He also handed Merkel what was described as an “artistic impression” of the Europa building, a contemporary glass-topped cube where summits are hosted.