Merkel 'heir' gives up on chancellor role: party source
The woman widely seen as German Chancellor Angela Merkel's chosen successor will not lead her crisis-racked CDU party into upcoming elections, a party source told AFP Monday. Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, known as AKK, took over from Merkel as CDU chairwoman and presumed shoo-in for chancellor in 2018 but "has now said she will not be a candidate for the chancellery", the source said. She made the surprise announcement after telling a crunch CDU meeting that the centre-right party had "an unresolved... Читать дальше...