The race to succeed Angela Merkel as Germany's chancellor became more unpredictable than ever after her protegee Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer threw in the towel as leader of the centre-right party.
Friedrich Merz, a longtime rival of Angela Merkel within the ruling CDU party, is hoping to replace her as German
chancellor, local media has reported.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-right CDU braces for a tumultuous two-day party congress in Leipzig from Friday,
with members smarting from recent local election drubbings and bickering over
her successor.
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, a close ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, on Friday won a party vote to succeed the veteran leader at the helm of the centre-right CDU.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel defended the "Christian, democratic" core values of her party on Friday as she handed over the leadership at a time populist parties are on the rise.
Tensions mounted in German Chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-right party on Thursday a day before a vote to decide who
succeeds her as party chief, with splits deepening among party heavyweights.
A loyal ally and two fierce critics are among the contenders to succeed Germany's Angela Merkel as head of the centre-right CDU party and secure a future shot at becoming chancellor.
Here's a look at the top candidates.
A knife-edge vote on Friday will determine Angela Merkel's successor as head of her party after 18 years at the helm, with the German chancellor's own political fate and legacy on the line.
The competition to become the new CDU leader is entering the final week – and Friedrich Merz, the man known as the ‘anti-Merkel', has stepped up his game.
The candidate for the CDU presidency, Friedrich Merz, expects an unconditional commitment to the German legal system from the approximately 4.5 million Muslims in Germany, he said at a regional conference in Düsseldorf on Wednesday evening.
The frontrunners to replace Angela Merkel when she steps down as CDU leader early next month have been having their say across the country. With just three more regional conferences, who will come out on top?
Candidates hoping to succeed Angela Merkel as leader of her CDU party have sparked outrage in Germany with controversial proposals on migration as they scramble to distance themselves from her liberal refugee policy.
At a regional conference Wednesday, Christian Democratic (CDU) presidency competitor and frontrunner Friedrich Merz called for a debate on German asylum law.
Angela Merkel faces strong headwinds in her bid to see out her fourth and final term as Germany's chancellor as a long-time nemesis emerges in the race to succeed her as party chief.
