Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU), embroiled in a leader...
MUNICH - Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats , embroiled in a leadership crisis, must unite and keep their ruling coalition stable as Germany takes on the rotating European Union presidency this year, Greens leader Annalena Baerbock said.
CDU leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer plunged the party into crisis on Monday when she gave up her ambitions of succeeding Merkel - a move that raised questions over the future of the conservatives’ coalition with the Social Democrats . “We cannot have a situation in the middle of the EU presidency - when we have big, big questions in Europe - for there to suddenly be a vote of confidence raised in Germany,” Baerbock told Reuters at the Munich Security Conference.
The possibility of having a rival as party leader while she remains chancellor may be unworkable and force Merkel, who will not seek re-election after leading Europe’s biggest economy for around 15 years, to stand down early.
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