German Chancellery's Chief of Staff Helge Braun is pictured during an interview with Reuters in Berlin, Germany, July 17, 2019. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel is in good health and on track to serve her full term in office through to 2021 in coalition with her Social Democrat (SPD) governing allies, her chief of staff told Reuters on Wednesday.
Merkel, who turned 65 on Wednesday and has been in office since 2005, has suffered several bouts of shaking at public ceremonies in recent weeks that have fuelled speculation about her health, though she has insisted "I am fine."
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