their success this concern celebrities are hijacking give vent to make political statements that are made revelations about who exactly is behind their acceptance speeches. and. oh good evening welcome 8 o clock here in moscow you re watching r.t. international a growing political scandal in germany has claimed another victim and this time it is a major scalp and that it. was chancellor merkel s designated successor but she s in and she no longer plans to run for the leadership should also step down as head of the christian democrats over some president alliance with the rightwing alternative to germany peter all over as more data. and. has decided to step down as the head of the christian democratic union party here in germany and therefore won t be the party s candidate for the chancellorship at the on the cycle lections of the set to be held next year she held a meeting on sunday night with party top brass and from that decided she didn t have the support she needed to con
revelations about who exactly is behind their acceptance speech it s. 11 o clock here in moscow you re watching r.t. international a growing political scandal in germany has claimed another victim and this time it is a major scalp and it. was chancellor merkel s designated successor but she s now that she will no longer plan to run for the leadership should also step down as the head of the christian democrats over its unprecedented alliance with the right wing alternative for germany party peter all of the details. and. has decided to step down as the head of the christian democratic union party here in germany and therefore won t be the party s candidate for the chancellorship at the on the cycle actions of the set to be held next year she held a meeting on sunday night with party top brass and from that decided she didn t have the support she needed to continue in the role of the cd you have suffered in the polls of late and their coalition with the center left social demo
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