Ahead of Germany Elections, Can the CDU's New Leader Unify the Party?
April 13, 2021 last updated 9:52 ET Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and Armin Laschet, the governor of North Rhine-Westphalia, in Duesseldorf, Germany, Aug. 18, 2020 (AP photo by Martin Meissner). Can Armin Laschet Lead Germany’s CDU Into the Post-Merkel Era? BERLIN—German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s preferred successor, Armin Laschet, might have won the leadership of her center-right Christian Democratic Union, or CDU, but he still faces an uphill battle to lead the country’s most powerful political force into a general election in September—the first ...
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