COVID-19 crisis boosts support for Laschet/Spahn in CDU leadership race
A special CDU party conference was originally scheduled for this week, but the election of...
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Friedrich Merz
Germany's Laschet, Merz join Merkel party leadership race
The premier of Germany's most populous state, Armin Laschet, joined the race to lead Chancellor...
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Which way forward for Merkel’s CDU?
Germany's CDU was set to choose on Friday (7 December) who will take over the...
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CDU elections smack of matricide
A knife-edge vote Friday (7 December) will determine Angela Merkel's successor as head of her party...
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Merkel's would-be successor questions Germany's sacrosanct asylum pledge
Friedrich Merz, trailing in the race to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel as leader of her...
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The four candidates to succeed Merkel
Merz, Kramp-Karrenbauer, Spahn and Laschet – the four candidates to succeed Angela Merkel as CDU...
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