Angela Merkel's Party Elects A Successor As She Begins Her Exit From German Politics
On Friday, the Christian Democratic Union chose its general secretary, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, a strong Merkel supporter.
In an emotional farewell for German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Christian Democratic Union party delegates gathered to elect a successor in Hamburg, the city where Merkel was born.
Merkel, 64, will pass the baton to Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, the 56-year-old general secretary of the CDU and strong supporter of the chancellor. "AKK," as some Germans affectionately call her to avoid stumbling over her name, was Merkel's preferred candidate, at least to many German
