Irish Examiner view: Merkel's swan song is a worry for all

Angela Merkel: Bowing out. Picture: Stefan Sauer/Pool Photo via AP

As we officially enter autumn on Tuesday (marked the last day of meteorological summer) there is an election campaign under way whose outcome this month may have significant repercussions for the eurozone and Ireland.

On September 26, Germany will go to the polls for the first time in 16 years without the reassuring figure of Angela Merkel at the helm of the ruling Christian Democrats.