Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer is likely To Replace Angela Merkel As Germany Chancellor

Posted by: lukwago J in world news October 29, 2018

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer would be the obvious choice for Angela Merkel loyalists to replace her when she steps down in 2021 like she just declared a few hours ago. She is currently the party secretary.

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However, Health Minister Jens Spahn, a leading critic of the chancellor’s open-door migration policies, has also announced his candidacy.

And Friedrich Merz, a former leader of the CDU-CSU parliamentary group and an old rival to Mrs Angela Merkel, has thrown his hat into the ring.

What has been happening in regional elections?

Mrs Angela Merkel’s CDU plunged 11 percentage points to 27% in Sunday’s elections in the central state of Hesse, according to preliminary results. This was the party’s worst showing in the state since 1966.

The SPD, which is in coalition with the CDU nationally, fell by a similar amount to 19.8%.

The main beneficiaries were the Greens, who paradoxically share power with the CDU in the state and have now drawn level with the SPD, and the far-right AfD, who rose to 13%.

The Hesse vote follows a pattern of losses for the two main parties, with the AfD doing particularly well in eastern states.

Also on 14 October, the CDU’s Bavarian ally, the CSU, lost its absolute majority in the state’s parliament which it has dominated since 1957. Like in Hesse, the SPD also lost badly and the Greens and AfD surged.

While the Greens appear to have benefited from the SPD’s slump in support, it seems clear that the centre-right has lost voters to the AfD.

Part of the reason could be anger at Mrs Angela Merkel’s decision to open Germany’s borders to large numbers of migrants, a move which the AfD has vehemently opposed.

Source: BBC news

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