Merkel Bloc Heads for Risky Decision on Chancellor Candidate Bloomberg 3 days ago Arne Delfs
(Bloomberg) Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc is poised to pick the winner in a two-man showdown over its candidate to succeed her as German chancellor.
The Christian Democratic Union and its smaller Bavarian sister-party, the Christian Social Union, are holding separate leadership meetings Monday. They will help determine whether the contest is resolved amicably or results in a contested nomination, which would be unusual for an alliance that’s underpinned German political stability.
CSU head and Bavarian state premier Markus Soeder on Sunday joined the race as a rival to Armin Laschet the CDU chairman and premier of North Rhine-Westphalia in a heated contest that could be settled within the next few days.
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Merkel’s Hand Prints Are All Over Germany’s Vaccine Failings
Bloomberg 2/1/2021 Arne Delfs and Naomi Kresge
(Bloomberg) Angela Merkel is starting to crack under the pressure of Germany’s faltering coronavirus vaccine program.
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With the chancellor under fire publicly for a lack of Covid-19 shots and her strategy of delegating responsibility to the European Union looking misguided, she snapped when pressed for answers by German state premiers during a closed-door meeting in early January.
Getting angrier than those involved had ever seen, she threatened to retaliate and make the officials’ mistakes public, shocking the participants into silence. On other occasions, she’s come close to tears in public in recent weeks.