Meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Potential Successors
- CDU’s Laschet, Merz, Roettgen fighting for party chairmanship
- Winner will be in pole position to run as chancellor candidate
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Germany’s political future will start to take shape when 1,001 delegates from Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union pick a new leader at a virtual congress on Saturday.
The winner of a tight three-way race will be in prime position to run as the conservative bloc’s chancellor candidate, but there are two other contenders who might do better with voters. The messy process will set up a tense few months for Germany’s strongest political group.