![]() ![]() The Greens have benefited from growing concern about the climate, particularly among young voters, while making lasting inroads among urban, affluent Germans. However pollsters say a more conservative CDU leader could drive some Merkel voters into the arms of the SPD, or the ecologist Greens, in opposition since 2005. The Social Democrats (SPD), the country's oldest party and junior partners in the "grand coalition" government, have haemorrhaged support as the centrist Merkel occupied and helped define the middle ground of Germany'sĬonsensus-oriented politics during her long tenure. BERLIN (AP) German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s designated successor unexpectedly threw in the towel Monday, plunging her conservative party into deeper crisis as it struggles to agree. Yet Germany's complex coalition maths, the uncertainty created by the pandemic and the absence of Merkel as a foregone conclusion in a German general election could well throw up other surprises. He leads opinion polls against all three CDU candidates when Germans are asked who they would like to see as their next chancellor. READ ALSO: Is Bavaria's leader on course to become Germany's next chancellor?īavaria has been among the states hardest hit by coronavirus infections and Söder's robust response to the outbreak has won praise and given him an intense national spotlight. Yet the Germans themselves appear far from. Angela Merkel’s time as German chancellor will end at her own insistence in just over a year. However given the failure of any of the Christian Democrat candidates to create real momentum at this early stage, CSU chief and Bavarian premier Markus Söder has been the focus of ardent speculation about a possible run. 10:11 PM EDT BERLIN Germany is in denial. The chief of the CDU traditionally leads it and its smaller Bavarian sister party the Christian Social Union to the polls. 15 years in power: A Look back at Merkel's long career.Merkel 'still most popular politician in Germany'. ![]() The candidates have proposed an online congress if meeting in person were to be impossible because of restrictions to curb coronavirus transmission. North Rhine-Westphalia state premier Armin Laschet, corporate lawyer Friedrich Merz and foreign affairs expert Norbert Röttgen are vying for the post. ![]()
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