Deal Elusive In Conservatives' Battle For Merkel's Crown
Deal Elusive In Conservatives' Battle For Merkel's Crown By Hui Min NEO 04/18/21 AT 6:16 PM Two conservative leaders locked in battle for Angela Merkel's crown failed to reach a deal by their self-imposed deadline, pushing the chancellor's CDU-CSU alliance deeper into crisis Monday months before elections. Armin Laschet, the chief of Merkel's CDU party, and Markus Soeder, the leader of Bavaria sister party CSU, have been in a scrum for a week over who will lead the conservatives into elections in September. The rivals had earlier said an agreement would be found by the end of the week but...