8 hours agoUnbelievable. Merkel's successor says he will resign
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(6 years ago)Angela Merkel's successor has said she will not compete for German Chancellors to succeed the current Chancellor at the end of the mandate as scheduled. Angela Merkel's successor, Annegret Kramp-Carrenbauer, has declared that she does not plan to compete as Chancellors in the upcoming federal elections and even plans to leave [...]
Angela Merkel's successor, Annegret Kramp-Carrenbauer, has declared that she does not plan to compete as Chancellors in the upcoming federal elections and even plans to leave as leaders of the Christian Democratic Union. [ Footnote] CDU], German media reported.
The surprise announcement comes amid political earthquakes that have rocked Germany due to the right extreme, as delegates from this party in eastern Germany ignored the party's ban not to co-operate with the German Alternative, writes The Guardian, Periscope.
The 57-year-old Kramp-Carrenbauer won the domestic race in December 2018 and was seen as the candidate to replace Chancellor Merkel in order to continue the centrist course of the most powerful country in the EU.
But, the AKK as briefly known, has failed to build an acceptable public profile while remaining in Merkel's shadow.
And following new divisions in the CDU has been exposed the party's lack of control on its part, as politicians from the party's branch in Thuringa voted along with the AfD to bring down leftist state Prime Minister Bodo Ramelown.
Merkel's unusual decision to intervene in connection with the case, announcing that it was “unforgivable for the democratic parties to win the majority with the help of the extreme right has ruined even more Mrs. Kramp-Carrenbauer.
