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Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer to quit as CDU leader amid far-right 'firewall' row
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| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Feb 10, 2020 10:54pm |
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| Author | Philip Oltermann |
| News Date | Monday, February 10, 2020 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Angela Merkel’s designated successor has announced she is not planning to run for the German chancellorship at the next federal election and plans to step down as leader of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), German media reported on Monday morning.
The surprise announcement comes in the middle of a major row over the centre-right party’s “firewall” against the far-right, after CDU delegates in eastern Germany defied the party headquarter’s ban on cooperating with the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD).
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, 57, won the contest to succeed Merkel as leader of the CDU in December 2018 and was seen as the candidate most likely to continue the current German chancellor’s centrist course. |
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