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Merkel: The CDU Supports Armin Laschet's Candidacy For Chancellor
GERMANY’S CHANCELLOR MERKEL: THE CDU SUPPORTS ARMIN LASCHET'S CANDIDACY FOR CHANCELLOR.
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German CDU Leaders Back Laschet as Candidate to Succeed Merkel
Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union has signaled its broad support for party chairman Armin Laschet as the conservative bloc’s candidate to run for chancellor in September’s election. The move Monday by the party’s leadership committee, which was confirmed by Hesse State Premier Volker Bouffier, sets up a potential clash with its smaller Bavaria sister-party, the CSU, whose chairman Markus Soeder also wants to run to replace Merkel. The CSU leadership is meeting in Munich later on Monday. Handing the candidacy to Laschet, the premier of North Rhine-Westphalia, is potentially a risky move. Opinion polls ... (full story)