Chancellor Merkel's CDU party to elect new leader in April
BERLIN (AP) ” German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union will elect a new leader at the end of April, party officials said Monday.Current party chief Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer had been Merkel’s preferred heir-apparent, but announced earlier this month that she would step down and not seek to become the next chancellor in the 2021 election.The decision came after a series of poor showings in state elections, and a failure by Kramp-Karrenbauer, who is also […]
