German CDU Head Says She Won’t Seek Early Merkel Exit, Welt Says

Merkel’s successor as CDU chairman also has no ambition to seek a cabinet role before the next election, she said in an interview with Welt am Sonntag published on Sunday. The CDU party will nominate its candidate for the chancellorship at a party conference in the fall of 2020, Kramp-Karrenbauer said. “The chancellor and the government were elected for a full legislative term, and citizens rightly expect the commitment that came with the election to be taken seriously,” Kramp-Karrenbauer said.