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Party leaders in tug-of-war for Merkel’s crown
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AFP, BERLIN
The head of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) secured the backing of the party’s leaders on Monday, a key boost for his campaign to succeed the veteran leader at elections in September, but his rival has signaled that he would not go down without a fight.
At a meeting in Berlin, CDU leaders threw their support behind Armin Laschet to lead the party and its smaller sister party, the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU), to the polls on Sept. 26 when Merkel is to retire after 16 years as chancellor.
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