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Bavarian governor emerges as the front-runner to succeed Merkel as Chancellor in Germany
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| Contributor | BrentinCO |
| Last Edited | BrentinCO Jul 12, 2020 06:25pm |
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| Author | Jorg Luyken |
| News Date | Monday, July 13, 2020 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A German politician until recently seen as a rank outsider to replace Angela Merkel as Chancellor is suddenly the frontrunner, according to a series of opinion polls.
Markus Söder, state leader in Bavaria, is seen by the public as the best candidate for the job, with 64 percent of voters saying he is suited to the role, ahead of Social Democrat Olaf Scholz on 48 percent.
Meanwhile a separate poll released over the weekend found that in a head-to-head against Mr Scholz or popular Green leader Robert Habeck, Mr Söder would come out on top.
The other two leading conservative contenders, Friedrich Merz and Armin Laschet, both members of Ms Merkel’s CDU, would lose to left-wing opposition in next year’s election, the poll found. |
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