The woman who had been expected to become Germany's next chancellor said on...
BERLIN - The woman who had been expected to become Germany’s next chancellor said on Monday she would not run for the top job, succumbing to a scandal involving the far-right and blowing wide open the race to succeed Angela Merkel.
“I will not run for chancellor,” Kramp-Karrenbauer, 57, told a news conference in Berlin, adding that she had made her decision “with the intention of strengthening the CDU”. Merkel did not seek re-election to the party chair in 2018, allowing Kramp-Karrenbauer to take the party helm with a view to boosting her profile prior to running for the chancellery. But doubts about her leadership credentials persisted.
FILE PHOTO: Bavarian State Premier Markus Soeder and German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer arrive at a news conference during a CSU party meeting at"Kloster Seeon" in Seeon, Germany, January 7, 2020. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle/File Photo “Now’s the right time to provide impetus via economic and financial policy measures,” Merz said on Monday in a tweet.
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