One of these five can take the place of Angela Merkel

Faithful or rebellious, Angela Merkel's successor candidates in her party's cup (CDU), to later secure a seat towards German Chancellorship, are not missing at all. Let's take a look at the main declared and expected contenders.

Named”

Named”Merkel of Sarres” Germany's smallest region, which is and its origin, Annegret Kramp-Carrenbauer, 56, appears loyal to the Chancellor with whom shares a largely centrist political line.

Catholic, it displays more conservative attitudes than Angela Merlkel on social issues such as abortion or marriage for all. It also issued cautious criticism about the Chancellor's open-door policy of hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers in 2015.

Jens Spain rebel

At 38 years of age, Jens Spahn is positioned as “anti-Merkel”. He was elected minister of health in the spring to satisfy the hard line of the CDU, he did not stop criticising the Chancellor's line that, according to him, would have turned CDU to “social-democratic” It requires a conservative change, especially in identity and immigration issues.

He does not hide his ideological proximity and as a generation with the new Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, who rules with the right extreme.

Armin Laschet é compromise

That could be the right compromise. After the head of the Nordrain-Westphalia Land will be a winner, as he managed to win this industrial region in 2017 and Germany's most populated of the Social Democrats.

He rules with FDP Liberals, traditional CDU ally, whom Merkel has no good relations. The leader of this party, Christian Lindner, even said that Laschet “has what it takes to elect Chancellor”, a compliment after a long limited career in the second roles.

Friedrich Merz é revanshist

Friedrich Merz, 62, never forgave the Chancellor for dismissing her in 2002 from positions as the head of conservative deputies in Bundestag.

A few years later, deprived of the rights within the party, it leaves active policy to work in the private sector as a lawyer, before becoming chairman of the large German branch board”Blackrock”, asset manager, attended Atsh.

He still regularly appears in public debates. With neo-liberal economic views, he has repeatedly criticised the much-left “ ” line held by Chancellor Angela Merkel.