Merkel ‘heir’ gives up on chancellor role, says source
Under-fire leader of Germany's ruling CDU, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer waves goodbye to her candidacy for chancellor, after enduring a rocky first year at the helm since taking over the party leadership from Chancellor Angela Merkel in 2018. – EPA pic, February 10, 2020.
THE woman widely seen as German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s chosen successor will not lead her crisis-racked CDU party into upcoming elections, a party source told AFP today. Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, known as AKK, took over from Merkel as CDU chairman and presumed shoo-in for chancellor in 2018 but “has now said she will not be a candidate for the chancellery”, the source said.
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