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Laschet wins battle to lead Merkel’s bloc in German election
3 years, 8 months ago

Laschet wins battle to lead Merkel’s bloc in German election

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Armin Laschet, the governor of Germany’s most populous state, emerged victorious Tuesday from a bruising power struggle and became the candidate of Angela Merkel’s center-right bloc to succeed the longtime chancellor in the country’s September election. “So it’s important now for the Union, the CDU and CSU to go into the election campaign as a team.” Parts of …

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Armin Laschet wins race to lead Angela Merkel's Centre-Right Bloc in German election
3 years, 8 months ago

Armin Laschet wins race to lead Angela Merkel's Centre-Right Bloc in German election

Firstpost  

Berlin: Armin Laschet, the governor of Germany’s most populous state, on Tuesday won a bruising power struggle to become the candidate of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s centre-right bloc for chancellor in the September election. The race turned into a heated duel after both Laschet, the leader of Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union, and Soeder, who leads its smaller Bavarian sister party, the …

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Merkel’s party faces German election ‘wake-up call’
3 years, 9 months ago

Merkel’s party faces German election ‘wake-up call’

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Two German state election defeats have put the spotlight on chances of a government without Chancellor Angela Merkel’s bloc after September’s national vote. Final results showed that Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union was handily defeated in Sunday’s elections by two popular incumbent state governors: the Green party’s Winfried Kretschmann in Baden-Wuerttemberg and the center-left Social Democrats’ Malu Dreyer in …

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Behind Germany’s battle, a fight for Merkel’s crown
4 years, 8 months ago

Behind Germany’s battle, a fight for Merkel’s crown

The Hindu  

Sporting events may be on hold in Germany, but the race to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel is gathering pace as the country makes cautious progress in the fight against the coronavirus. Mr. Laschet and Mr. Soeder head Germany’s biggest States by population and area respectively — and also the two worst hit by the coronavirus —and have played a key …

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