![]() ![]() "We have to do everything we can to prevent a historic slide to the Left in Germany,” he told Bild. “The SPD has snuck in quietly and is profiting from the weakness of the Greens and the unfair attempt by Olaf Scholz to become a kind of legacy candidate from Angela Merkel.” Markus Söder, a former candidate for Chancellor for the governing coalition, warned the country was set for “an historic slide to the Left”. Kramp-Karrenbauer was Merkels chosen successor after the chancellor, who has led Germany for 14 years, announced she would not seek a new term in elections scheduled for 2021. Support for Mrs Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) and their Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), has been falling steadily in recent weeks.ĭespite the SPD's lead in the polls, they would still need to team up with two other parties to govern. (Photo via DW) German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, which has been ruling the country in coalitions since 2005, has elected Armin Laschet as its new leader. In 2020, her designated successor, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, stepped down as party. ![]() It was the second survey in the last week that has put the SPD ahead. Olaf Scholz officially took over the German chancellorship from Angela Merkel on Wednesday, but onlookers were not presented with a U.S.-style inauguration. As party chief, Armin Laschet now takes the place of Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Merkel’s once-designated successor. In Germany, the firewall between the CDU and AfD was fiercely protected under the leadership of Angela Merkel. The conservatives slipped one point to 21 per cent, their lowest ever polled by INSA. Support for the SPD rose two points from last week to 24 per cent, their highest result in four years according to the INSA poll conducted for the Bild am Sonntag newspaper. By 2019, there were rumours swirling in Germany that Dr Merkel was dissatisfied with her anointed successor and had effectively ‘unresigned’. ![]()
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