Merkel: I am staying out of conservative
race to succeed me
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[April 13, 2021]
BERLIN
(Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday she was
keeping out of a debate in her conservative bloc over whether Christian
Democrat party chairman Armin Laschet or Bavarian premier Markus Soeder
should be the candidate to succeed her. |

German Chancellor Angela Merkel gives a statement, amid the coronavirus
disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Berlin, Germany, April 13, 2021.
REUTERS/Annegret Hilse/Pool |