German conservatives mull Merkel succession


German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for her party conference, in which delegates must choose her successor with the party’s approval ratings in freefall. – EPA pic, April 11, 2021.

WITH less than six months to go until a general election and their poll ratings plummeting, Angela Merkel’s conservatives are meeting for crunch talks today as pressure builds to pick their candidate for chancellor.

Long-time Merkel ally Armin Laschet, 60, took over as leader of the chancellor’s CDU party in January, and would normally be first choice to lead the CDU and its Bavarian affiliate CSU into the elections on September 26.


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