Bavarian leader throws his name in hat to succeed Angela Merkel
Markus Soeder and CDU party chair Armin Laschet both declare their bid for Germany's chancellorship
11 April 2021 - 23:17
Berlin — Bavarian leader Markus Soeder on Sunday joined the race to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel after Germany’s election in September, setting up a fight with the head of her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) for the nomination in her governing conservative bloc.
Soeder and CDU party chair Armin Laschet both declared their bid for the chancellorship at a news conference in Berlin on Sunday. Merkel, 66, won’t run for another term and her departure after 16 years in office has opened the field for who will lead Europe’s biggest economy...
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