After 16 years at the top of German politics, what now for Angela Merkel?

While Merkel has said she has no particular plans, doing nothing doesn't seem a realistic prospect for the outgoing chancellor

After 16 years of gruelling European summits, late-light coalition negotiations and back-to-back conference calls with heads of state, Angela Merkel has vowed to spend the foreseeable future kicking back her flat black shoes and reading a few good books.

But newly emerged details of a new office in central Berlin and veiled hints in interviews suggests the world may not have seen the last of Germany's outgoing chancellor yet.