'I was almost a little amused.' Schäuble's posthumous memoirs reveal a proposal to overthrow Merkel | International elpais.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from elpais.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In his posthumous memoir, longtime German conservative politician and former finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble details an attempt by fellow Christian Democrats (CDU) to overthrow then-chancellor Angela Merkel during the 2015 refugee crisis. The memoir alleges that a prominent Bavarian politician tried to recruit him as a potential chancellor candidate as part of an effort to replace Merkel. The incident is recounted in an excerpt from the memoir published on Wednesday in the magazine Stern. The
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Similar to what happened with the Treaty of Versailles in 1918, the end of World War II reshaped the European map, with a special impact on the eastern part of the continent and the borders between Germany, Poland, Russia, and the present Baltic states.
This resulted in some cities that previousl
Bavarians are known for their independence. The political expression of this is the Christian Social Union the regional conservative party and feisty southern sibling to ex-Chancellor Merkel's Christian Democrats.