Troop pullout from Afghanistan leads to domino effect, Merkel says tass.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tass.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Outgoing leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (L) congratulates her sucessor North Rhine-Westphalia's State Premier Armin Laschet (C) with an elbow bump after his election as candidate for leadership Friedrick Merz (R) looks on, on the second day of the party's 33rd congress held online in Berlin on Saturday. - AFP
Race to succeed Germany s Merkel in top job thrown wide open Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you re not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/
North Rhine-Westphalia s State Premier and new leader of the Christian Democratic Union Armin Laschet sits on stage in Berlin during the party s 33rd congress on Saturday. | AFP-JIJI
AFP-Jiji Jan 17, 2021
Berlin – Moderate Armin Laschet may have won a key vote this weekend to become the new leader of Germany’s conservative CDU party, but his victory has thrown wide open the question of who will succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel in the top job.