Laschet faces eastern test in bid to succeed Germany’s Merkel

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BERLIN — Armin Laschet, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s would-be successor, desperately needs his Christian Democrats to win a regional vote on Sunday to avoid questions resurfacing about whether he is the right candidate to lead them into September’s federal election. The sparsely-populated eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt is home to just 2.2 million people, but Sunday’s election […]

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