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Armin Laschet, premier of North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany\u2019s most populous state, has been chosen as the new leader of the ruling Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He is now in a position to succeed Angela Merkel as German chancellor after general elections this September.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Germany: Meet Angela Merkel’s Second Successor<\/h3>\n

Soeren Kern | Gatestone Institute<\/a> | January 27, 2021<\/p>\n

Armin Laschet, premier of North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany\u2019s most populous state, has been chosen as the new leader of the ruling Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He is now in a position to succeed Angela Merkel as German chancellor after general elections this September.<\/p>\n

Laschet, a Merkel loyalist and continuity candidate, narrowly beat conservative Friedrich Merz by 521 to 466 votes in a run-off vote by party delegates on January 16. The CDU had previously chosen<\/a> Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer to succeed Merkel, but she stepped down<\/a> as party leader in January 2020 after a series of regional electoral defeats cast doubt on her ability to retain the chancellorship.<\/p>\n

Like Merkel, Laschet is pro-EU, pro-Russia and pro-China. Past statements<\/a> suggest that he hails from the realist school of international relations which often prioritizes economic interests over human rights concerns when dealing with authoritarian countries.<\/p>\n

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