Christian Democrats choose a successor for Merkel: Annegret K-K

Saturday, December 8th 2018 - 07:28 UTC

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Germany's ruling Christian Democrat Union has chosen Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer as its new party leader, ending Angela Merkel's 18-year reign. The CDU general secretary narrowly beat Friedrich Merz, a millionaire lawyer, in a run-off vote in Hamburg. Ms Kramp-Karrenbauer, or AKK as she is also known, received 517 of 999 votes. Read full article

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Germany's ruling Christian Democrat Union is fading away while the extreme left and far right grow in numbers. Merkel has harmed the social fabric of the European Union and political change is occurring accordingly.
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