Diana Kinnert of the Christian Democratic Union party (CDU) poses at a party election campaign meeting centre in Berlin, Germany, September 4, 2017. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
BERLIN (Reuters) - After 12 years in power, Chancellor Angela Merkel is presenting herself as more than just Germany's 'Mutti', campaigning in cyberspace to get in with younger voters and win their support for long after elections this month.
Merkel, whose nickname means 'Mummy', appears to be cruising towards a fourth term with strong backing from older Germans. But the 63-year-old, who unlike some Western leaders has no personal Twitter account, wants to mobilise the almost 3 million first-time voters behind her conservative CDU party on Sept. 24.
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