Armin Laschet picked as new chairman of Germany's ruling CDU party

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Germany's ruling CDU party picked Armin Laschet to be its new chairman on Saturday, possibly paving the way for him to replace Angela Merkel as chancellor at elections later this year.

Laschet is currently the prime minister of Germany's North Rhine-Westphalia region, the most populous federal state in the country.

With him as chairman, the CDU will likely stay on message and focus on more climate change policies and environmental topics. He has a strong Catholic background which brings him support from Christian circles within the party. If he becomes the CDU's candidate for chancellor at September's elections, he could be open to various coalitions — power sharing is somewhat of a recent tradition in German politics.

 

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