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Auf Wiedersehen.

News Items. 10 February 2020.

John Ellis
Feb 10, 2020
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1. Angela Merkel’s designated successor, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, has announced she is not planning to run for the German chancellorship at the next federal election and plans to step down as leader of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), German media reported on Monday morning. The surprise announcement comes in the middle of a major r…

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