Laschet, Merz in runoff to succeed Merkel as German CDU party leader

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BERLIN — Centrist Armin Laschet and arch-conservative Friedrich Merz went into a final round of voting to lead Germany’s Christian Democrats, the party of Chancellor Angela Merkel, according to the results of a party vote held on Saturday. Merz won the backing of 385 party delegates, closely followed by Laschet with 380 votes. The third […]

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